Young British Muslims : Identity, Culture, Politics and the Media

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Label

Young British Muslims : Identity, Culture, Politics and the Media

Title remainder

Identity, Culture, Politics and the Media

Creator

• Kabir, Nahid Afrose

Subject

• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• Electronic books
• Great Britain
• History
• Muslims -- Ethnic identity
• Muslims -- Great Britain -- Ethnic identity
• Muslims -- Social conditions
• RELIGION -- Islam | Rituals & Practice
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | General
• Muslims -- Great Britain -- Social conditions

Genre

• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• History

Language

eng

Summary

In Britain's highly politicised social climate in the aftermath of the 7/7 London bombings, Young British Muslims: Identity, Culture, Politics and the Media provides an in-depth understanding of British Muslim identity through the following social constructs: migration history, family settlement, socio-economic status, religion and culture, and the wider societal environment. The author, Nahid Afrose Kabir, has carried out extensive research on young Muslims' identity in Australia and the UK. For this book she conducted ethnographic fieldwork in the form of in-depth, semi-structured interviews of over 200 young Muslims in five British cities: London, Leicester, Bradford, Leeds and Cardiff. Kabir's careful analysis of interview responses offers insights into the hopes and aspirations of British Muslims from remarkably diverse ethnicities: Algerian, Bangladeshi, Egyptian, Indian, Iranian, Iraqi, Kenyan, Lebanese, Libyan, Malawi, Mauritian, Moroccan, Nigerian, Pakistani, Palestinian, Singaporean, Somali, Sudanese, Syrian, Ugandan, Yemeni, and English, Danish and Scottish converts. By emphasising the importance of biculturalism, the author conveys a realistic and hopeful vision for their successful integration into British society. Nahid Afrose Kabir is a visiting fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the Harvard University, USA. She is the author of Muslims in Australia: Immigration, Race Relations and Cultural History (2005)

Member of

• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

EBLCP

Dewey number

305.6970941

Index

index present

LC call number

DA125.M87

LC item number

K33 2010

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography