TY - JOUR

T1 - Contested spaces and sectarian narratives in post

T2 - uprising Bahrain

AU - Kasbarian, Sossie

AU - Mabon, Simon Paul

N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Global Discourse on 19/01/2017 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/23269995.2016.1259232

PY - 2017/1/19

Y1 - 2017/1/19

N2 - In early February 2011, people took to the streets of Manama, Bahrain, protesting against the political system of the Al Khalifa monarchy. Although initially occurring along non-sectarian lines, the protests were quickly framed as such and, as a consequence, the nature of the protests changed. This article engages with this process of sectarianism, exploring how space became contested and how such sites took on political – and sectarian – meanings. In the article, we argue that by framing the protests in such a way, the Al Khalifa regime was able to create a master narrative that impacted upon all facets of Bahraini society, at home and abroad.

AB - In early February 2011, people took to the streets of Manama, Bahrain, protesting against the political system of the Al Khalifa monarchy. Although initially occurring along non-sectarian lines, the protests were quickly framed as such and, as a consequence, the nature of the protests changed. This article engages with this process of sectarianism, exploring how space became contested and how such sites took on political – and sectarian – meanings. In the article, we argue that by framing the protests in such a way, the Al Khalifa regime was able to create a master narrative that impacted upon all facets of Bahraini society, at home and abroad.

KW - Bahrain

KW - sectarianism

KW - geopolitics

KW - narratives

U2 - 10.1080/23269995.2016.1259232

DO - 10.1080/23269995.2016.1259232

M3 - Journal article

VL - 6

SP - 677

EP - 696

JO - Global Discourse

JF - Global Discourse

SN - 2326-9995

IS - 4

ER -