[Euromixproject.rch] Social perception and attitudes towards intermarriage in Italy, France and Belgium

[Francesco Cerchiaro]

Dear all,

I am pleased to inform you that my article "‘When I told my parents I was
going to marry a Muslim…’: Social perception and attitudes towards
intermarriage in Italy, France and Belgium" was published in Social Compass
(https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/QZUBUURQFR7CFCR8Q89Y/full). If
you don't have access to the journal article, please, PM me and I will be
happy to send it to you privately. It is an article based on my last 10
years of research. Here below a short abstract:

Based on biographical interviews held in Italy, France and Belgium with
mixed couples where one partner has a Muslim background and the other a
Christian one, the analysis highlights the factors involved when a
relationship generates negative reactions among the family of the majority
partner. The article questions the assumption according to which mixed
marriages are the result of the diminishing of group boundaries. Its
findings suggest that these couples may often highlight the continued
presence of strong social barriers. Muslim men – particularly if they have
a lower socio-economic status – are more likely to face the opposition of
their families-in-law. The fear of the majority group of losing ‘social
prestige’ indicates that the intertwining of social class and ethnic
difference plays a major role, especially at the beginning of the
relationships. Islamophobia emerges as a both ‘racialised’ and ‘gendered’
category, strengthening the stereotype of the Muslim man as the emblem of
‘otherness’.

I hope it will be a good and interesting read for your own research
interests.

Warm wishes to you all,

Francesco


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Francesco Cerchiaro, PhD

FWO senior Fellow

Center for Sociological Research, KU Leuven (Belgium)

Parkstraat 45 box 3600, Room 02.129

https://soc.kuleuven.be/ceso/theory-culture/francesco-cerchiaro

http://www.francescocerchiaro.com
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