As recent evolutions of E-communities, U-communities (ubiquitous communities, but also you communities) are characterized by an increasingly active role of their participants both in the possibility of access - thanks to the newest delocalized and personalized CMC (Computer-Mediated Communication) devices - and in the creation of contents as well as “bottom-up” rules of communication. The aim of the proposed paper is to investigate to what extent the way people and events are represented in these new media is a reflection of ideologies and viewpoints resulting in acts of evaluation, which contribute to reproduce or alter a shared system of values. It will be taken into consideration the use of U-communities - such as MySpace, YouTube, and related blogs - by “minority” social groups, which have little or no space in more institutionalized media. The key object of study will be Taqwacore, an emerging subculture of young American Muslims that, in the post 9/11 climate, rejects parts of both American and Islamic culture under the flag of punk music. Interestingly, the name Taqwacore comes from the Arabic term Taqwa, which means “god-consciousness” and (hard)core, denoting a western music subgenre expressing anger and disaffection. The study will observe how lexical choices, linguistic uses and the employment of pragmatic strategies are a vital component of the process through which these social groups articulate not only their sense of identity but also their perception and representation of the “Others”.

U-communities and the Taqwacores: towards the construction of a (neither) American (nor) Muslim identity

ATTOLINO, Paola
2009-01-01

Abstract

As recent evolutions of E-communities, U-communities (ubiquitous communities, but also you communities) are characterized by an increasingly active role of their participants both in the possibility of access - thanks to the newest delocalized and personalized CMC (Computer-Mediated Communication) devices - and in the creation of contents as well as “bottom-up” rules of communication. The aim of the proposed paper is to investigate to what extent the way people and events are represented in these new media is a reflection of ideologies and viewpoints resulting in acts of evaluation, which contribute to reproduce or alter a shared system of values. It will be taken into consideration the use of U-communities - such as MySpace, YouTube, and related blogs - by “minority” social groups, which have little or no space in more institutionalized media. The key object of study will be Taqwacore, an emerging subculture of young American Muslims that, in the post 9/11 climate, rejects parts of both American and Islamic culture under the flag of punk music. Interestingly, the name Taqwacore comes from the Arabic term Taqwa, which means “god-consciousness” and (hard)core, denoting a western music subgenre expressing anger and disaffection. The study will observe how lexical choices, linguistic uses and the employment of pragmatic strategies are a vital component of the process through which these social groups articulate not only their sense of identity but also their perception and representation of the “Others”.
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