My latest article, “Queering language socialization: Fostering inclusive Muslim interpretations through talk-in-interaction,” is now out in Language & Communication. It emerged from a paper I presented last fall at the American Anthropological Association in Vancouver, on a panel on language socialization organized by my graduate student Kathryn Mara.

Examining various frames during talk at an LGBTI-majority Canadian mosque, I address queer language socialization through analysis of the mutual socialization dialectic between the formation of members and the formation of their community, one in the process of being freshly imagined. I demonstrate how not only queer but also otherwise nonconformist Muslim values and communicative practices are being socialized as part of a purposefully intersectional community. Participants transform one another’s use of language as they move toward their collective goal of intersectional inclusivity of people of diverse sects, genders, sexual orientations, relationship to Islam, age, and position of religious authority.

This link should give access until 23 August. If it doesn’t work, please let me know and I’ll be happy to share a PDF with you.

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