Shifting markers of identity in East London's diasporic religious spaces
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2147192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nazneen Ahmed (0000-0003-4274-801X, University College London), Jane Garnett (0000-0003-2233-6608, University of Oxford), Ben Gidley (0000-0003-2492-1384, Birkbeck, University of London, corresponding author), Alana Harris (0000-0002-3155-0211), M Keith (0000-0002-9448-2674) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 223-242 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2016.1105993 |
| OpenAlex | W2216803795 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article discusses the historical and geographical contexts of diasporic religious buildings in East London, revealing - contrary both to conventional narratives of immigrant integration, mobility, and succession and to identitarian understandings of belonging - that in such spaces and in the concrete devotional practices enacted in them, markers and boundaries of identity (ritual, spatial, and political) are contested, renegotiated, erased, and rewritten. It draws on a series of case-studies: Fieldgate Street Synagogue in its interrelationship with the East London Mosque; St Antony's Catholic Church in Forest Gate where Hindus and Christians worship together; and the intertwined histories of Methodism and Anglicanism in Bow Road. Exploration of the intersections between ethnicity, religiosity, and class illuminates the ambiguity and instability of identity-formation and expression within East London's diasporic faith spaces
Aesthetics · Ambiguity · Archaeology · Art · Ethnic group · Evangelism · Faith · Identity (music · Islam · Literature · Methodism · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Religiosity · Sociology · Theology · Worship · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy · Religious studies
Exploring the Postsecular
Assimilation in American life
Why are Women more Religious than Men
Ethnicity without groups
Global Diasporas
The Vertical Mosaic
Sacralising the city
Religion, home-making and migration across a globalising city
Shared Symbols
Competing visions of identity and space
Between the local and the diasporic
Assimilation by design
Playing the Ethnic Card
Muslims in Motion
Categories of analysis and categories of practice
Dealing with Deities
Wounding and Healing
Diasporic Memory and the Call to Identity
The 'new Islam' and Bangladeshi youth in Britain and the US
Bengali Muslims
Contested memories
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |