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No 38 (2025)
Artículos

De l'arabfishing au passing : des problèmes identitaires alimentés par la culture des réseaux sociaux

Maria Josefa Busquier Cerdán
LEGS-Université Paris 8/Universidad de Alicante
Biographie
Portada del número 38 de la REIM
Publiée juin 24, 2025

Mots-clés :

Arabfishing, Passing racial, Transrracialidad, Catfishing , Apropiación cultural
Comment citer
Busquier Cerdán, M. J. (2025). De l’arabfishing au passing : des problèmes identitaires alimentés par la culture des réseaux sociaux. Revista De Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos, (38), 102–126. https://doi.org/10.15366/reim2025.38.005

Résumé

El propósito de este artículo es presentar dos de los diferentes fenómenos sociales surgidos en los últimos años a nivel mundial asociados a la usurpación y a la ocultación de la identidad: el arabfishing y el passing racial o etnológico. Veremos cómo personas de origen no árabe ni musulmán se hacen pasar por personas pertenecientes a dichas comunidades o grupos sociales, étnicos y religiosos y, por el contrario, cómo personas de origen árabe y/o musulmán tienen que disimular o renunciar a su identidad para aparentar otra, en la mayoría de los casos una identidad que se ajusta a los roles establecidos en el mundo occidental. Estos fenómenos sociales surgen como consecuencia directa de una sociedad basada en la lógica neoliberal en la que todo se percibe como producto intercambiable y monetizable en el mercado, incluso lo más genuino, intangible e inherente a la identidad de las personas como la cultura o las relaciones sociales y personales. Precisamente, las redes sociales e internet son los medios donde más se pueden constatar dichos fenómenos y sus consecuencias, ya que la identidad en los espacios digitales es un factor económico determinante. Estudiaremos las causas y las consecuencias de estos fenómenos.  

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