Rupa Huq
Biographic Data
| ID | 642921 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rupa Huq |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rupa |
| FAMILY NAME | Huq |
| SIGNATURE | HUQ R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kingston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Buried by a Landslide
This article unpacks the construct of the (South) ‘Asian vote’, concentrating on London. There is an inherited stereotype of the South Asian vote as loyally Labour that stems from broader considerations of minority electorates in inner‐city London. Generalised associations of Asians with passivity/docility and religion in onscreen popular cultural representations, for example, were simplifications that papered over complexities, including past As…
Biscuits and unicorns
Women’s lives have been affected exponentially by the COVID_19 pandemic. In this paper, we explore some of the ways in which women’s everyday experiences of paid and unpaid labour have exacerbated pre-existing gender inequalities. We examine the impact that the pandemic has had on women’s experiences within the domestic sphere, as hyper-normative and historical representations of women as the ‘natural’ primary carers for children and the home hav…
Postcards from the Edge? Setting the Suburban Scene
This introduction highlights four themes about the politics of suburbia which are developed in the collection. First, what constitutes suburbia is multiple and constantly changing. This is reflected in diverse and evolving architectures and economic conditions. Second, the idea of the suburb as synonymous with the pinnacle of betterment is taking a battering as suburbs are now looking the worse for wear. ‘Just about managing’ families and the ‘sq…
Smells Like Focus Group Spirit? The Changing Nature of Pop Fandom and its Deployment as a Political Tool
Back in the autumn of 2012, when Obama's re-election looked decidedly dicey, a key endorsement was unveiled that was trumpeted across the Atlantic by the Guardian as potentially being a game-change
Suburbia Runs Riot
In August 2011, a chain of events unfolded that resulted in riots on Britain’s streets. Yet, unlike previous comparable incidences in 1981 or 2001, it was not just symbols of authority located in city centres that sustained damage. London locations of the disorder not only included Tottenham where trouble began before its spread countrywide but Croydon and Ealing: both suburban locations far removed from the capital’s core where high street store…
Citizen Khan or citizen can't? Dossier on popular culture
This special dossier of shorter essays turns to an issue at the BBC during the late summer of 2012, which attracted controversy amongst both Asian media consumers and mainstream television viewers
Situating Citizen Khan
This article looks at the way that British Asians have been portrayed in UK postwar popular culture historically concentrating on onscreen representations and considers these alongside academic analyses coming up to date with the much remarked on BBC1 television situation comedy Citizen Khan of Autumn 2012. It is argued that whilst we have witnessed a shift from popular cultural examples that construct Asians by substituting them within pre-exist…
Darkness on the Edge of Town
A young concept in a new country
For a long established nation-state, Britain’s tradition of citizenship is very young. This article takes the form of a debate rather than being based on empirical research to examine developments of the past decade that have resulted in a steady entrenchment of this concept into official British structures. Citizenship is likely to be more engrained in the consciousness of the young than any other age group following the introduction of its teac…
Youth Culture and Antiracism in New Britain
This article considers how youth and antiracist mobilizations in the United Kingdom following the change in government from Conservative to Labour in 1997 ushered in a new legislative framework concerning equal opportunities and antidiscrimination. It discusses how young antiracists have responded to changing circumstances, by highlighting the part that they have played in recentering antiracism from a peripheral concern to its current position o…
From the margins to mainstream
This article looks at the youth musical cultures of bhangra and Asian underground alongside wider societal shifts relating to British Asian youth in recent decades. The article first examines previous youth studies research, primary media source material and data from qualitative interviews; it then looks at these twin hybrid musically expressive forms fusing Indian instrumentation and fashion which have been principally produced by second-genera…
From the margins to mainstream
This article looks at the youth musical cultures of bhangra and Asian underground alongside wider societal shifts relating to British Asian youth in recent decades. The article first examines previous youth studies research, primary media source material and data from qualitative interviews; it then looks at these twin hybrid musically expressive forms fusing Indian instrumentation and fashion which have been principally produced by second-genera…
Youth Culture and Antiracism in New Britain
This article considers how youth and antiracist mobilizations in the United Kingdom following the change in government from Conservative to Labour in 1997 ushered in a new legislative framework concerning equal opportunities and antidiscrimination. It discusses how young antiracists have responded to changing circumstances, by highlighting the part that they have played in recentering antiracism from a peripheral concern to its current position o…
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Postcards from the Edge? Setting the Suburban Scene
This introduction highlights four themes about the politics of suburbia which are developed in the collection. First, what constitutes suburbia is multiple and constantly changing. This is reflected in diverse and evolving architectures and economic conditions. Second, the idea of the suburb as synonymous with the pinnacle of betterment is taking a battering as suburbs are now looking the worse for wear. ‘Just about managing’ families and the ‘sq…
Situating Citizen Khan
This article looks at the way that British Asians have been portrayed in UK postwar popular culture historically concentrating on onscreen representations and considers these alongside academic analyses coming up to date with the much remarked on BBC1 television situation comedy Citizen Khan of Autumn 2012. It is argued that whilst we have witnessed a shift from popular cultural examples that construct Asians by substituting them within pre-exist…
From the margins to mainstream
This article looks at the youth musical cultures of bhangra and Asian underground alongside wider societal shifts relating to British Asian youth in recent decades. The article first examines previous youth studies research, primary media source material and data from qualitative interviews; it then looks at these twin hybrid musically expressive forms fusing Indian instrumentation and fashion which have been principally produced by second-genera…
Youth Culture and Antiracism in New Britain
This article considers how youth and antiracist mobilizations in the United Kingdom following the change in government from Conservative to Labour in 1997 ushered in a new legislative framework concerning equal opportunities and antidiscrimination. It discusses how young antiracists have responded to changing circumstances, by highlighting the part that they have played in recentering antiracism from a peripheral concern to its current position o…
A young concept in a new country
For a long established nation-state, Britain’s tradition of citizenship is very young. This article takes the form of a debate rather than being based on empirical research to examine developments of the past decade that have resulted in a steady entrenchment of this concept into official British structures. Citizenship is likely to be more engrained in the consciousness of the young than any other age group following the introduction of its teac…
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Suburbia Runs Riot
In August 2011, a chain of events unfolded that resulted in riots on Britain’s streets. Yet, unlike previous comparable incidences in 1981 or 2001, it was not just symbols of authority located in city centres that sustained damage. London locations of the disorder not only included Tottenham where trouble began before its spread countrywide but Croydon and Ealing: both suburban locations far removed from the capital’s core where high street store…
Citizen Khan or citizen can't? Dossier on popular culture
This special dossier of shorter essays turns to an issue at the BBC during the late summer of 2012, which attracted controversy amongst both Asian media consumers and mainstream television viewers
Situating Citizen Khan
This article looks at the way that British Asians have been portrayed in UK postwar popular culture historically concentrating on onscreen representations and considers these alongside academic analyses coming up to date with the much remarked on BBC1 television situation comedy Citizen Khan of Autumn 2012. It is argued that whilst we have witnessed a shift from popular cultural examples that construct Asians by substituting them within pre-exist…
Smells Like Focus Group Spirit? The Changing Nature of Pop Fandom and its Deployment as a Political Tool
Back in the autumn of 2012, when Obama's re-election looked decidedly dicey, a key endorsement was unveiled that was trumpeted across the Atlantic by the Guardian as potentially being a game-change
Postcards from the Edge? Setting the Suburban Scene
This introduction highlights four themes about the politics of suburbia which are developed in the collection. First, what constitutes suburbia is multiple and constantly changing. This is reflected in diverse and evolving architectures and economic conditions. Second, the idea of the suburb as synonymous with the pinnacle of betterment is taking a battering as suburbs are now looking the worse for wear. ‘Just about managing’ families and the ‘sq…
Biscuits and unicorns
Women’s lives have been affected exponentially by the COVID_19 pandemic. In this paper, we explore some of the ways in which women’s everyday experiences of paid and unpaid labour have exacerbated pre-existing gender inequalities. We examine the impact that the pandemic has had on women’s experiences within the domestic sphere, as hyper-normative and historical representations of women as the ‘natural’ primary carers for children and the home hav…
Buried by a Landslide
This article unpacks the construct of the (South) ‘Asian vote’, concentrating on London. There is an inherited stereotype of the South Asian vote as loyally Labour that stems from broader considerations of minority electorates in inner‐city London. Generalised associations of Asians with passivity/docility and religion in onscreen popular cultural representations, for example, were simplifications that papered over complexities, including past As…
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Mainstream (4 works) · Political economy (3 works)