Muslims in Britain: Race, Place and Identities

Peter Hopkins; Richard Gale

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2009

Muslims in Britain

Race, Place and Identities

Peter Hopkins and Richard Gale

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748631230

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About this book

Following the events of 11th September 2001 in the USA, and more especially, the bombings on the London underground on 7th July 2005 and the incident at Glasgow Airport on 30th June 2007, an increasing amount of public attention has been focused upon Muslims in Britain. Against the backdrop of this debate, this book sets out a series of innovative insights into the everyday lives of Muslims living in contemporary Britain, in an attempt to move beyond prevalent stereotypes concerning what it means to be 'Muslim'.

Combining original empirical research with theoretical interventions, this collection offers a range of reflections on how Muslims in Britain negotiate their everyday lives, manage experiences of racism and exclusion, and develop local networks and global connections. The authors explore a broad range of themes including gender relations; educational and economic issues; migration and mobility; religion and politics; racism and Islamophobia; and the construction and contestation of Muslim identities. Threaded through the treatment of these themes is a unifying concern with the ways in which geography matters to how Muslims negotiate their daily experiences as well as their racialised, gendered and religious identities. Above all, attention is focused upon the role of the home and local community, the influence of the economy and the nation, and the power of transnational connections and mobilities in the everyday lives of Muslims in Britain.

Includes contributions from: Louise Archer, Yahya Birt, Sophie Bowlby, Claire Dwyer, Richard Gale, Peter Hopkins, Lily Kong, Sally Lloyd-Evans, Sean McLoughlin, Sharmina Mawani, Tariq Modood, Anjoom Mukadam, Caroline Nagel, Deborah Phillips, Bindi Shah, and Lynn Staeheli

Key Features

Draws on theoretically-informed empirical research
Brings together work with a focus on gender studies with research on landscapes, communities and networks
Explores issues including gender relations, political activism, local communities, migration and the labour market
Chapters are united by an overarching concern with the ways in which geography matters to how Muslims negotiate their daily experiences as well as their racialised, gendered and religious identities

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	x
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Chapter 1 Introduction: Muslims in Britain – race, place and the spatiality of identities Richard Gale and Peter Hopkins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
SECTION 1 Gender, place and culture
Chapter 2 Creating home spaces: young British Muslim women’s identity and conceptualisations of home Deborah Phillips Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter 3 ‘You seem very westerniSed to me’: place, identity and othering of Muslim workers in the UK labour market Sophie Bowlby and Sally Lloyd-Evans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Chapter 4 Rethinking the identities of young British Pakistani Muslim women: educational experiences and aspirations Claire Dwyer and Bindi Shah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Chapter 5 Race, ‘face’ and masculinity: the identities and local geographies of Muslim boys Louise Archer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
SECTION 2 Landscapes, communities and networks
Chapter 6 British Arab perspectives on religion, politics and ‘the public' Caroline Nagel and Lynn Staeheli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Chapter 7 THE Multicultural city and the politics of religious architecture: urban planning, mosques and meaning-making in Britain Richard Gale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Chapter 8 Holy places, contested spaces: British Pakistani accounts of pilgrimage to Makkah and Madinah Seán McLoughlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Chapter 9 Excess baggage or precious gems? The migration of cultural commodities Anjoom Mukadam and Sharmina Mawani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
SECTION 3 Religion, race and difference
Chapter 10 Situating Muslim geographies Lily Kong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Chapter 11 Muslims and the politics of difference Tariq Modood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Chapter 12 Islamophobia in the construction of British Muslim identity politics Jonathan Birt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Afterword Peter Hopkins and Richard Gale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Illustrations
- Other: 12 B/W illustrations 7 B/W tables
Keywords: Islamic Studies

eBook

Published: March 31, 2009
ISBN: 9780748631230