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Comparaison des représentations des amish et des mormons fondamentalistes (FLDS) dans deux téléréalités américaines.

Legault-Laberge RM, Vanasse-Pelletier M

Can Rev Sociol . 2021;58 (1) :65-85

📅 01/02/2021 PMID : 33600061 DOI : 10.1111/cars.12324

Résumé

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.