Rhetoric Review Jan 2020

The “My Online Friends” Religious Enclave: Expanding the Definition and Possibilities of Enclaved Discourses

Catherine Matthews Pavia

Abstract

This article examines data from an ethnographic study of an online Mormon women’s discussion board to argue that enclaves can be places for important critical and civic work. These women’s common religious identity and shared experiences of intolerance on a public board led them to adopt discursive conventions that included intimate literacy. These discursive conventions allowed for disruption of ideological feedback loops and development of responsible rhetorical agency. This article argues that an enclave’s capacity for generating openness to difference depends on the strength of the ideologies espoused and on the values and discursive conventions that guide the enclave.

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Rhetoric Review
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2020-01-02
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10.1080/07350198.2019.1690375
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