자료유형  

 학위논문

Control Number  

0016935496

International Standard Book Number  

9798380199766

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

378

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Shaheen, Musbah.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : The Ohio State University., 2023

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2023

Physical Description  

1 online resource(338 p.)

General Note  

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-03, Section: A.

General Note  

Advisor: Mayhew, Matthew J.

Dissertation Note  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2023.

Restrictions on Access Note  

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Summary, Etc.  

요약The purpose of this study was to examine how college students who identify as queer and Muslim and attend 4-year colleges and universities integrate their religious and sexual identities. The study was conducted through a constructivist paradigm that acknowledged multiple truths and the role of the researcher in co-constructing knowledge. The study also used constructivist grounded theory as the guiding methodology. Students participated in two rounds of intensive interviews that explored the meaning they made of their multiple social identities and the role of collegiate spaces in influencing identity integration. Data analysis was iterative and immediate, and data were analyzed using the constant comparative method using three approaches: initial coding, focused coding, and axial coding. Codes from both rounds of interviews were combined and reconciled, then restructured using axial coding. A graphical representation of the meaning making process for queer Muslim students was constructed. Member checking, memoing, and peer debriefing were used to enhance the trustworthiness of the data.The primary outcome of the analysis was a theory of queer and Muslim identity integration which posited that identity integration is a process, not a goal and that one could not arrive at an integrated end point. Rather, the cycle of integration continues as external influences such as those coming from family, peers, religious authorities, and the community or culture relay various messages about participants' identities. These messages created crisis. The dissonance associated with such crisis was apparent at the individual and community levels. Participants then engaged in identity integration to process the experienced crisis by mobilizing four mechanisms: (a) Redefining religious truths through interpreting Islamic texts and articulating religious beliefs; (b) Preserving familial relationships by contextualizing attitudes and articulating a sense of duty toward family; (c) Navigating the paradox of choice engendered by queer and Muslim identities; and (d) Delineating and distinguishing cultural and religious beliefs. Students navigated numerous spaces where they encountered messages that influenced their identities and engaged in meaning making to resolve the resulting crises in two contexts. The first was the collegiate context, including academic and social spaces. The second was the off-campus community context, including familial environments and religious spaces. Participants expressed their identities including their performance of gender, sexuality, religion, and culture, thereby eliciting external feedback.Findings suggest that queer Muslim college students navigated identity gatekeepers by redefining religious truths and reflecting on their beliefs. They contextualized themselves within their communities as they preserved their familial connections and cultural congruity. Queer Muslims also disrupted taken-for-granted notions of authenticity through a process of selective outness and differentiated religion from culture and belief to process cultural attitudes and construct a more cohesive and integrated identity as both queer and Muslims. Finally, queer Muslims leveraged collegiate contexts, including social and academic spaces, to facilitate the process of integration.The findings make several contributions to the theoretical understanding of identity, and have implications for research, theory, and practice. This study showcases the power of representation and emphasizes the need to ask difficult questions despite the challenges that arise from studying a unique population like queer Muslims. The theory sheds light on the complexity of the Muslim identity and its evolution, and troubles religious structures by highlighting collectivist paradigms, nuancing self-authorship, and complicating the nexus between religion and culture.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Higher education.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

LGBTQ studies.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Islamic studies.

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Muslim students

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Queer Muslims

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Sexual identities

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

College students

Added Entry-Corporate Name  

The Ohio State University Educational Studies

Host Item Entry  

Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-03A.

Host Item Entry  

Dissertation Abstract International

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joongbu:641037