Pools, Piety, and Participation
A Muslim Women's Sports Club and Urban Citizenship in Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6085739 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Petra Kuppinger (0000-0002-5777-8126) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 264-279 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-6952 • E-ISSN: 1469-9591 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13602004.2015.1051754 |
| OpenAlex | W1511049808 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
This paper introduces the Muslim Women's Sports Club (MWSC) in Stuttgart, Germany and analyzes this club's role and contribution in the construction of urban citizenship. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, I illustrate that this club is a vibrant space of civic participation. I argue that associations like this sports club are crucial sites of Muslim civic engagement where individuals configure forms of religiously circumscribed citizenship. The club plays a vital, but largely overlooked, role in the urban civic sphere, as it articulates and strengthens the bonding and civic participation of pious Muslim women and creates cross-ethnic relationships and networks. Some members are initiated into the landscape of civic associations, as they learn about their rights, duties, and potentials, through cooperation with other associations or institutions. I argue that an association such as the MWSC, regardless of its rather invisible activities, is a full-fledged part of the urban public sphere in Germany. Theoretically I engage questions of urban citizenship and civic participation in the context of a faith and/or identity-based association
Aesthetics · Citizenship · Civic engagement · Club · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Ethnography · Faith · Geography · Identity (music · Islam · Piety · Political science · Politics · Public space · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Religion, Theology, and Education
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Introduction
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |