Mobilizing Pakistani heritage, approaching marriage

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2148207
AutoresRichard Phillips (0000-0003-4630-4555, University of Sheffield, autor de correspondencia), Claire Chambers (0000-0001-8996-4129, University of York), N Ali (0000-0001-7286-8317, University of Sheffield), Raksha Pande (0000-0002-6332-0998, Newcastle University), Peter Hopkins (0000-0003-0445-9217, Newcastle University)
Año2020
Volumen43
Número16
Páginas1-19
Fecha de publicación2020-12-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2019.1674348
OpenAlexW2981603539
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas42

This paper examines the ongoing significance of Pakistani heritage in the lives of young British Pakistani Muslims. Drawing upon interviews with 56 women and men, it explores the link between Pakistani heritage and young peoples' lives, focusing upon marriage. \n \n \n \nPakistani heritage is widely regarded as a constraint and an anachronism, which young people are jettisoning in favour of religious or secular identities: as Muslims, British, or both. This is a half-truth, at most. Some young people are turning away from Pakistaniness, but others are embracing and exploring versions and elements of this heritage as they make decisions about whether, when and whom to marry. \n \n \n \nWhether they are rejecting or embracing Pakistani heritage, young people are actively mobilizing the terms "Pakistan" and "Pakistani" as springboards from which to identify and make life choices. They are exploring possibilities rather than acknowledging inevitabilities, and approaching heritage as a resource rather than a constraint

Geography · Political science · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Religion and Society Interactions