Wellbeing of transnational Muslim families : marriage, law and gender / edited by Marja Tiilikainen, Mulki Al-Sharmani and Sanna Mustasaari.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tiilikainen, Marja, editor.

Al-Sharmani, Mulki, editor.

Mustasaari, Sanna, editor.

Series:

Studies in migration and diaspora

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim families.

Muslim families--Europe.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xvii, 188 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

"This book examines the needs, aspirations, strategies, and challenges of transnational Muslim migrants in Europe with regard to family practices such as marriage, divorce and parenting. Critically re-conceptualising 'wellbeing' and unpacking its multiple dimensions in the context of Muslim families, it investigates how migrants make sense of and draw on different norms, laws, and regimes of knowledge as they navigate different aspects of family relations and life in a transnational social space. With attention to issues such as registration of marriage, civil versus religious marriage, spousal roles and rights, polygamy, parenting, child wellbeing, and everyday security, the authors offer national and comparative case studies of Muslim families from different parts of the world, covering different family bonds and relations, within both extended and nuclear families. Based on empirical research in the Nordic region and further afield, this volume affords a more complete understanding of the practices of transnational migrant families, as well as the processes through which family relations and rights are negotiated between family members and with state institutions and laws, whilst contributing to the growing literature on migrant wellbeing. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and social policy with interests in migration and transnational communities, wellbeing and the family"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction: wellbeing, family life, and transnational Muslims in the West p. 1 / Mulki Al-Sharmani and Marja Tiilikainen and Sanna Mustasaari

2 Converts, marriage, and the Dutch nation-state: contestations about Muslim women's wellbeing p. 22 / Annelies Moors and Vanessa Vroon-Najem

3 Wellbeing, law, and marriage: recognition of Nikah in multicultural Britain and the Finnish welfare state p. 39 / Sanna Mustasaari and Vishal Vora

4 A mosque programme for the wellbeing of Muslim families p. 59 / Mulki Al-Sharmani

5 Polygamy, wellbeing, and ill-being amongst ethnic Muslim minorities p. 78 / Anika Liversage

6 Transnational families navigating the law: marriage, divorce, and wellbeing p. 94 / Iris Sportel and Betty De Hart and Friso Kulk

7 Somali parents in Sweden: navigating parenting and child wellbeing p. 112 / Rannveig Haga

8 Transnational Finnish-Somali families and children's wellbeing p. 129 / Abdirashid A. Ismail

9 Raising children of Somali descent in Toronto: challenges and struggles for everyday security and wellbeing p. 147 / Marja Tiilikainen

10 Childhood, wellbeing, and transnational migrant families: conceptual and methodological issues p. 164 / Ann Phoenix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138293670

1138293679

OCLC:

975370360