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Record Nr.

UNINA9910407717003321

Autore

Mirza Noreen

Titolo

Navigating the Everyday as Middle-Class British-Pakistani Women : Ethnicity, Identity and Belonging / / by Noreen Mirza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030493127

3030493121

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 pages)

Disciplina

305.40942

300

Soggetti

Ethnology

Social structure

Equality

Religion and sociology

Sociocultural Anthropology

Ethnography

Social Structure

Sociology of Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

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.