Navigating the everyday as middle-class British-Pakistani women : ethnicity, identity and belonging / Noreen Mirza.
2020
HQ1600.M4 M57 2020
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Title
Navigating the everyday as middle-class British-Pakistani women : ethnicity, identity and belonging / Noreen Mirza.
Author
Mirza, Noreen, author.
ISBN
9783030493127 (electronic book)
3030493121 (electronic book)
3030493113
9783030493110
3030493121 (electronic book)
3030493113
9783030493110
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Language
English
Description
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HQ1600.M4 M57 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.48220954910942733
Summary
This ethnographic study of middle-class British-Pakistani women in Manchester explores the sense of belonging they create through recognition and social status. Belonging in these communities is enacted through the performance of different identities--class, ethnicity, nationality, generation, age, religion, and gender--that earn them social power and status among family and friends. To prove they are "model migrants," worthy of respect and recognition, these women perform various and intersecting identities to maximize status and social capital in diverse situations. Far from being passive victims of racial, religious, or cultural discrimination, middle-class British-Pakistani women challenge prejudice against Muslims and British-Pakistanis through certain practices, objects, performances, and relationships, serving as ambassadors for their religious and ethnic identity through their conduct and interaction with others in daily life.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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