Dynamics of Religion and Gender amongst Young British Muslims

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2321753
AutoresHasmita Ramji (City University, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume41
Fascículo6
Páginas1171-1189
Data de publicação2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038507084832
OpenAlexW2144240906
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas34
Referências citadas20

Considerable attention has been given to young British Asian Muslim identity in recent years. Whilst much of the literature has addressed the diasporic and transnational nature of British Muslim identity there has been a growing recognition of the need to address the national context in which this identity is formed. However, there is still a comparative lacuna of information about how religion features in the internal dynamics of this grouping, particularly the gender dynamics involved in the articulation of British Muslim men and women's identities.This article presents extracts from discussions with young British Asian Muslim men and women to explore how religion is mobilized as a power resource in the construction of their gender identity. It discusses how the mobilization of religion is often ambivalent, contradictory and intersected with other social differences, particularly class. The article uses Bourdieu's concepts of capital and field to explore the respondents' interviews

Ambivalence · Articulation (sociology) · Context (archaeology) · Dynamics (music) · Field (mathematics) · Identity (music) · Identity formation · Negotiation · Political science · Power (physics) · Religious identity · Self-concept · Social dynamics · Social science · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology