Coercive concern : nationalism, liberalism, and the schooling of Muslim youth / Reva Jaffe-Walter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaffe-Walter, Reva, author.

Series:

Anthropology of policy (Stanford, Calif.)

Anthropology of policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim youth--Education--Denmark.

Muslim youth.

Immigrant youth--Education--Denmark.

Immigrant youth.

Children of immigrants--Education--Denmark.

Children of immigrants.

Muslims--Cultural assimilation--Denmark.

Muslims.

Nationalism--Denmark.

Nationalism.

Liberalism--Denmark.

Liberalism.

Muslims--Cultural assimilation.

Children of immigrants--Education.

Education.

Muslim youth--Education.

Denmark.

Physical Description:

x, 215 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Coercive Concern explores how stereotypes of Muslim immigrants in Western liberal societies flow through public schools into everyday interactions, informing how Muslim youth are perceived by teachers and peers. This book uncovers how coercive assimilation is cloaked in benevolent narratives of care and concern. Coercive Concern provides an ethnographic critique of the "concern" that animates integration policy in Danish schools. Reva Jaffe-Walter focuses on the experiences of Muslim youth at a public school where over 40% of the student body is of immigrant descent, showing how schools operate as sites of governance. These efforts are led by political leaders who promote national fears of immigrant take-over, by teachers in schools, and by everyday citizens who are concerned about "problems" of immigration. Jaffe-Walter exposes the psychic and material costs immigrant youth endure when living in the shadow of social scrutiny, but also charts a path forward by uncovering the resources these youth need to attain social mobility and success. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : ethnographic journeys through concern

Imagining the Danish nation in relation to Muslim "others"

Integration and immigration : creating ideal liberal subjects

Liberalizing Muslim girls

Negotiating relationships to hostlands and homelands

Somali by nature, Muslim by choice, Danish by paper : narrating identities

Teachers' counter-narratives and comparative sites of possibility

Conclusion : interrogating liberal blind spots and silences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804796217

0804796211

9780804798426

0804798427

OCLC:

918940584