Outside belonging

A discursive analysis of British South Asian (BSA) Muslim women’s experiences of being ‘Othered’ in local spaces

Bibliographic Data

ID18955656
AuthorsR Bibi (0000-0002-3795-7549, University of Manchester, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume45
Issue16
Pages708-729
Publication date2022-12-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2022.2123715
OpenAlexW4297088329
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited53

Drawing on empirical research with British South Asian (BSA) Muslim women in Oldham and focussing on the embodied intersectional nature of discrimination they face, this paper explores British Muslim women’s experiences of belonging in local spaces. Through a discursive analysis of place, belonging and identity, this paper argues that BSA Muslim women appear as a visible threat to the nation, occupying a contradictory position of both within the local and national but not part of it. Focused on the context of Oldham, a former mill town in the North of England, findings suggest wider hegemonic discourses of Muslim woman as “Other” are inflected by local dynamics and shape discordant everyday experiences. It is argued that Oldham presents a microcosm with which to view the nations complex relationship with its Muslim minority groups and resonates with the current political landscape of rising right-wing populism and Islamophobia

Aesthetics · Context (archaeology) · Embodied cognition · Ethnology · Hegemony · Identity (music) · Intersectionality · Islamophobia · Orientalism · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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