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Somali, Muslim, British striving in securitized Britain

"Somalis are one of the most chastised Muslim communities in Europe. Frequently depicted in the news as victims of female genital mutilation, perpetrators of gang violence, or as jihadi brides and radical Islamists, Somalis have long been seen as a problematic refugee community in Britain and b...

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Main Author: Liberatore, Giulia (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2017
Series:Monographs on social anthropology v. 81.
Subjects:
Somalis > Great Britain > Case studies
Women, Somali > Great Britain > Case studies
Muslim women > Great Britain > Case studies
Muslims > Great Britain > Case studies
Immigrants > Great Britain > Case studies
Women immigrants > Great Britain > Case studies
Great Britain > Ethnic relations > Case studies
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Table of Contents:
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  • Introduction: Somali, Muslim, British
  • 1. Memories of Modernity: From Postcolonial Somalia to the Civil War
  • 2. Transmitting Culture and Raising Muslim Children in Britain
  • 3. Mosque Hopping and Iman Boosts: Young Pious Women's Engagements with Islamic Knowledge
  • 4. Britishness, Multiculturalism and the Female Muslim Subject
  • 5. Debating Culture
  • 6. Marriage as a Site of Aspiration
  • Conclusion: Piety as Aspiration
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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