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Camila ARÊAS

Political dispute over the status (religious/profane) of French territories

Revista romana de jurnalism si comunicare, nr. 2-3 (42), an VIII (XII), 2013

rubrica: The sacred and the profane in the media

pagini: 57-68

rezumat

This paper examines the interplay of sacred and profane concepts through television coverage of the debate following Marine Le Pen “catch-phrase” designating Muslim prayer in the streets as an “occupation”. By means of a social-semiotic approach, centered on symbolical and social-political dimensions of media meanings process, this study intends to comprehend how Muslim public prayers visual and verbal representations in television broadcast materialize the sacred and the profane dimensions of French public spaces. Our aim is to observe the way Muslim ritual practice transforms the relation (social-political and affective) to French territories, bringing into discussion its secular signature and neutrality principle. Our main line of inquiring is the interaction between sacred expressions (Muslim public prayers) and profane spaces (French secular public sphere) as well as the symbolical and social-political transformations resulting from such interplay. We are interested in observing how sacred practices and profane spaces are signified by the actors (journalist, politicians and social actors) that integrate this television broadcast according to different interests, strategies and political projects. We focus on the spatial dimension of media work in order to analyze the social-political stakes underlying this public debate that highlights the sacred and profane spatiality/geography of French public spaces.

cuvinte cheie

Muslim prayer, public spaces, territory, sacred, profane.

rezumat (a doua limbă):

Cet article analyse l’interaction des concepts de “sacré” et “profane” dans la couverture télévisuelle du débat public déclenché par la “petite-phrase” de Marine Le Pen comparant la prière de rue musulmane à une “occupation”. Dans une approche socio-sémiotique, centrée sur les dimensions symbolique et socio-politique des processus médiatiques de signification, ce travail envisage de comprendre la manière dont les représentations médiatiques (verbales et visuelles) de la prière publique musulmane, dans cette couverture, matérialisent les dimensions sacrée et profane des lieux publics français. Nous proposons d’observer comment le rituel de prière musulmane transforme la relation (social, politique et affective) avec l’espace public français, remettant en question sa signature séculière et son principe de neutralité. Notre principal axe d’analyse concerne l’interaction entre les expressions sacrées (prière de rue musulmane) et espaces profanes (sphère publique séculière française), ainsi que les transformations symboliques et socio-politiques qui résultent de cette rencontre. Notre intérêt porte sur la manière dont les pratiques sacrées et les espaces profanes sont signifiés par les acteurs (journalistes, politiciens et acteurs sociaux) inscrits dans ce débat en fonction de différents stratégies, intérêts et orientations politiques.

cuvinte cheie (a doua limbă):

Prière de rue musulmane, espaces publics, territoire, sacré, profane.

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 Higher Education Scientific Research (code 779), as B+, and indexed full text by EBSCO and ProQuest.