Gossip, Drama, and Technology: How South Asian American Young Women Negotiate Gender On and Offline

Autor/in	Subramanian, Mathangi
Titel	Gossip, Drama, and Technology: How South Asian American Young Women Negotiate Gender On and Offline
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 25 (2013) 3, S.311-324 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2012.746647
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Asian Americans; Females; Urban Areas; Ethnography; Social Networks; Gender Issues; Ethnicity; Social Attitudes; Gender Bias; Late Adolescents; Muslims; Semi Structured Interviews; Cultural Influences; Coping; Social Bias; Interpersonal Communication; College Students; Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Weibliches Geschlecht; Urban area; Stadtregion; Ethnografie; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Geschlechterfrage; Ethnizität; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Geschlechterstereotyp; Halbstarker; Muslim; Muslimin; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Bewältigung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Collegestudent
Abstract	Gossip, defined as evaluative talk about a third party, is a powerful tool for establishing in- and out-group norms and determining belonging. Drama, a form of gossip that is evolving in online spaces, is the process of fighting back against gossip and rumors designed to isolate and ostracise. While literature commonly portrays women as victims or perpetrators of gossip and drama, it rarely examines the potential for evaluative talk as a form of resistance. This article presents a case study of how one young Bangladeshi-American woman uses both gossip and drama to both resist oppressive gender norms and to reinforce her ideas about gender, faith, and culture. Drawing on ethnographic interview data, the paper seeks to elucidate how young women use social network sites like Facebook to negotiate gendered norms associated with individual and collective identity in immigrant communities. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10