F Rajina
Biographic Data
| ID | 58270 |
|---|---|
| NAME | F Rajina |
| GIVEN NAMES | F |
| FAMILY NAME | Rajina |
| SIGNATURE | RAJINA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | De Montfort University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6549-0034 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From desh to bidesh: History of migration and activism of British Bangladeshi Muslims in East London
This article explores the historical and migratory relationship between the Bengali community and Britain. Although this relationship spans from the early 17th century to the present, the article focuses on post-WWII migration trends. I will examine the migration waves of the 1950s to 1970s, particularly in East London, and highlight the community’s struggle against racial discrimination and its growing anti-racist activism. I discuss the politic…
Young Muslim women on Nadiya Hussain, turbanisation and the politics of respectability: Navigating public space and Islamophobia
Using the changing image of British celebrity and Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain as a catalyst for exploration, we consider young British Muslim women's attitudes and practices towards the turbanisation of the hijab and the politics of respectability. Drawing on focus group data with young Muslim women based in London, England, we examine this sartorial practice, which Nadiya Hussain represents in her celebrity career, and argue two…
British Muslim men and clothes: The role of stigma and the political (re)configurations around sartorial choices
This article examines the changing perceptions of dress, focusing on the lungi, funjabi and the thobe, amongst the British Bangladeshi Muslim male diaspora in the East End of London.Through various historical trajectories, I argue that the research participants in this article dress their bodies according to the current meanings attributed to the garments.These meanings are (re)-configured using a meta-constructed stigma guideline they interpret …
You Mean the Transition from bhai to akhi?’: How Bengali and Arabic Intersect in the Lives of British Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End of London
In this paper, the way religious identity is constructed via languages, with a particular focus on Arabic and Bengali terms originating from Persian, will be explored. It is vital to comprehend how Bengali Muslims create this constellation of languages, recognising that religion also has its linguistic demands, as language assists with making identities (Jaspal and Coyle 2010). The two languages will provide traces of how Muslimness is managed in…
Attacking transnationalism and citizenship: British Bangladeshis, family migration, and the postcolonial state
In July 2012, major changes to the family migration rules were made in the UK, severely restricting British and settled residents’ rights to sponsor non-EEA family members. However, little is known about how they have been experienced in practice, particularly by the South Asian families they target. Our article draws on policy and media analysis alongside original qualitative research to shed light on how the 2012 family migration rules have imp…
The Burden of Conviviality: British Bangladeshi Muslims Navigating Diversity in London, Luton and Birmingham
This article considers the convivial turn in migration and diversity studies, and some of its silences. Conviviality has been conceptualised by some as the ability to be at ease in the presence of diversity. However, insufficient attention has been paid to considering who is affectively at ease with whose differences or, more particularly, what the work of conviviality requires of those marked as other vis-a-vis European white normativity. Drawin…
The hostile environment, Brexit, and 'reactive-' or 'protective transnationalism
The 'reactive transnationalism hypothesis' posits a relationship between discrimination and transnational practice. The concept has generally been studied using quantitative methods, but a qualitative approach augments our understanding of two context-specific dimensions: thenatureof the discrimination involved, and thetypesof transnational behaviour that might be affected. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Bangladesh-origin Muslims in London, …
Rethinking Muslim migration: Frameworks, Flux and Fragmentation
In the wake of the San Bernardino and Orlando shootings, as well as the Paris and Brussels attacks, and in the midst of the right wing populism of US. presidential campaigns and UK referendum debates, the political rhetoric around Muslim migration has sunk to an all-time low. The Bengal Diaspora provides a much needed antidote. By studying Muslim migration across continents the book provides insights into a global climate of Islamophobia, and it …
The hostile environment, Brexit, and 'reactive-' or 'protective transnationalism
The 'reactive transnationalism hypothesis' posits a relationship between discrimination and transnational practice. The concept has generally been studied using quantitative methods, but a qualitative approach augments our understanding of two context-specific dimensions: thenatureof the discrimination involved, and thetypesof transnational behaviour that might be affected. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Bangladesh-origin Muslims in London, …
The Burden of Conviviality: British Bangladeshi Muslims Navigating Diversity in London, Luton and Birmingham
This article considers the convivial turn in migration and diversity studies, and some of its silences. Conviviality has been conceptualised by some as the ability to be at ease in the presence of diversity. However, insufficient attention has been paid to considering who is affectively at ease with whose differences or, more particularly, what the work of conviviality requires of those marked as other vis-a-vis European white normativity. Drawin…
Young Muslim women on Nadiya Hussain, turbanisation and the politics of respectability: Navigating public space and Islamophobia
Using the changing image of British celebrity and Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain as a catalyst for exploration, we consider young British Muslim women's attitudes and practices towards the turbanisation of the hijab and the politics of respectability. Drawing on focus group data with young Muslim women based in London, England, we examine this sartorial practice, which Nadiya Hussain represents in her celebrity career, and argue two…
Rethinking Muslim migration: Frameworks, Flux and Fragmentation
In the wake of the San Bernardino and Orlando shootings, as well as the Paris and Brussels attacks, and in the midst of the right wing populism of US. presidential campaigns and UK referendum debates, the political rhetoric around Muslim migration has sunk to an all-time low. The Bengal Diaspora provides a much needed antidote. By studying Muslim migration across continents the book provides insights into a global climate of Islamophobia, and it …
Rethinking Muslim migration: Frameworks, Flux and Fragmentation
In the wake of the San Bernardino and Orlando shootings, as well as the Paris and Brussels attacks, and in the midst of the right wing populism of US. presidential campaigns and UK referendum debates, the political rhetoric around Muslim migration has sunk to an all-time low. The Bengal Diaspora provides a much needed antidote. By studying Muslim migration across continents the book provides insights into a global climate of Islamophobia, and it …
The hostile environment, Brexit, and 'reactive-' or 'protective transnationalism
The 'reactive transnationalism hypothesis' posits a relationship between discrimination and transnational practice. The concept has generally been studied using quantitative methods, but a qualitative approach augments our understanding of two context-specific dimensions: thenatureof the discrimination involved, and thetypesof transnational behaviour that might be affected. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Bangladesh-origin Muslims in London, …
The Burden of Conviviality: British Bangladeshi Muslims Navigating Diversity in London, Luton and Birmingham
This article considers the convivial turn in migration and diversity studies, and some of its silences. Conviviality has been conceptualised by some as the ability to be at ease in the presence of diversity. However, insufficient attention has been paid to considering who is affectively at ease with whose differences or, more particularly, what the work of conviviality requires of those marked as other vis-a-vis European white normativity. Drawin…
British Muslim men and clothes: The role of stigma and the political (re)configurations around sartorial choices
This article examines the changing perceptions of dress, focusing on the lungi, funjabi and the thobe, amongst the British Bangladeshi Muslim male diaspora in the East End of London.Through various historical trajectories, I argue that the research participants in this article dress their bodies according to the current meanings attributed to the garments.These meanings are (re)-configured using a meta-constructed stigma guideline they interpret …
You Mean the Transition from bhai to akhi?’: How Bengali and Arabic Intersect in the Lives of British Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End of London
In this paper, the way religious identity is constructed via languages, with a particular focus on Arabic and Bengali terms originating from Persian, will be explored. It is vital to comprehend how Bengali Muslims create this constellation of languages, recognising that religion also has its linguistic demands, as language assists with making identities (Jaspal and Coyle 2010). The two languages will provide traces of how Muslimness is managed in…
Attacking transnationalism and citizenship: British Bangladeshis, family migration, and the postcolonial state
In July 2012, major changes to the family migration rules were made in the UK, severely restricting British and settled residents’ rights to sponsor non-EEA family members. However, little is known about how they have been experienced in practice, particularly by the South Asian families they target. Our article draws on policy and media analysis alongside original qualitative research to shed light on how the 2012 family migration rules have imp…
Young Muslim women on Nadiya Hussain, turbanisation and the politics of respectability: Navigating public space and Islamophobia
Using the changing image of British celebrity and Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain as a catalyst for exploration, we consider young British Muslim women's attitudes and practices towards the turbanisation of the hijab and the politics of respectability. Drawing on focus group data with young Muslim women based in London, England, we examine this sartorial practice, which Nadiya Hussain represents in her celebrity career, and argue two…
From desh to bidesh: History of migration and activism of British Bangladeshi Muslims in East London
This article explores the historical and migratory relationship between the Bengali community and Britain. Although this relationship spans from the early 17th century to the present, the article focuses on post-WWII migration trends. I will examine the migration waves of the 1950s to 1970s, particularly in East London, and highlight the community’s struggle against racial discrimination and its growing anti-racist activism. I discuss the politic…
Gender Studies (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works) · Islam (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works)