@article{ref1,
title="Popular journalism, religious morality, and the Canadian imaginary: queers and immigrants as threats to the public sphere",
journal="Journal of religion and popular culture",
year="2014",
author="Mosurinjohn, Sharday",
volume="26",
number="2",
pages="244-258",
abstract="In Canada, opposition toward GLBQ identities and practices has been almost entirely religious in nature. On the other hand, antipathy toward &quot;undesirable&quot; immigrant profiles--ironically, often those perceived as homophobic and misogynistic--has been articulated through arguments about the supposed incompatibility of their religious values (usually Islamic) with &quot;Canadian&quot; mores. This paper analyzes a variety of national news media to demonstrate how the transgressive figures of the immigrant and the queer are composed in a powerful and particular way through journalistic attitudes toward and understandings of religion. In particular, I examine a discursive framework emergent in reporting on two recent tragedies--one, the 2011 suicide of the gay Ottawa teenager Jamie Hubley, and the other, the 2009 Shafia family &quot;honour killings.&quot; I argue that this reporting disingenuously evokes a commitment to tolerance without occasioning a substantial interrogation of what is really being tolerated and why.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1703-289X",
doi="10.3138/jrpc.26.2.244",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jrpc.26.2.244"
}