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Comparaison des représentations des amish et des mormons fondamentalistes (FLDS) dans deux téléréalités américaines
Author(s) -
LegaultLaberge Raphaël Mathieu,
VanassePelletier Mathilde
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
canadian review of sociology/revue canadienne de sociologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1755-618X
pISSN - 1755-6171
DOI - 10.1111/cars.12324
Subject(s) - faith , sociology , identity (music) , ethnology , gender studies , humanities , theology , philosophy , aesthetics
This research explores the representations of two minority religions in United States, the Amish and the fundamentalist Mormons (FLDS), in two reality shows produced in 2013: Breaking Amish and Breaking the Faith . To which extent these reality shows contribute to reinforce stereotypes about these minority religions? The hypothesis postulates that there is a convergence in the representations of minority religions in these reality shows which contributes to the reproduction of stereotypes. Based on theories of identity construction and on the study of new religious movements, the analysis shows that the same guiding lines are recurrent in both reality shows.