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Performance and surveillance in an era of austerity

Schooling the reflexive generation of Muslim young men

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ID11166313
AuthorsMairtin Mac An Ghaill (0000-0002-5713-3109, Newman University, corresponding author), C Haywood (0000-0002-2309-7808, Newcastle University)
Year2018
Volume39
Issue2
Pages166-181
Publication date2018-02-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01425692.2017.1418293
OpenAlexW2790928855
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited35

The last 15 years have seen a remarkable shift in the educational representation of British-born Muslim young men. In the media-led reclassification of them, from South Asian to Muslim, they have moved from ideal student to potential jihadist. This article draws upon a three-year ethnographic study with young Muslim men located within the West Midlands. A shared emphasis on structural issues across critical theoretical frameworks on neoliberalism, government discourses, such as Prevent, and counter narratives on Islamophobia serves to underplay young Muslim men’s subjectivity, and in so doing limits their self-authorization. We argue that at a time of intense state/institutional surveillance as a ‘suspect community’ and the criminalization of ethnic and religious difference, Muslim young men are in the process of negotiating late-modern urban masculine identities. Simultaneously, deploying a methodological reflexivity indicates that a re-reading of their narratives provides insights into recent political changes and national belonging

Austerity · Criminalization · Criminology · Governmentality · Islam · Islamophobia · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Religious Education and Schools

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