London youth, religion, and politics : engagement and activism from Brixton to Brick Lane / Daniel Nilsson DeHanas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeHanas, Daniel Nilsson, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban youth--England--London--Cross-cultural studies.

Urban youth.

Urban youth--Religious life--England--London.

Christian youth--England--London.

Christian youth.

Muslim youth--England--London.

Muslim youth.

Urban youth--Political activity--England--London.

Children of immigrants--England--London.

Children of immigrants.

London (England)--Race relations.

London (England).

London (England)--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

This study concerns the role of religion in the civic integration of London's second-generation youth through comparative ethnographic studies of two groups: the predominantly Christian Jamaican population in Brixton and the predominantly Muslim Bangladeshi population of the East End.

Contents:

Cover; London Youth, Religion, and Politics: Engagement and Activism from Brixton to Brick Lane; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; WHY STUDY JAMAICANS AND BANGLADESHIS? WHY IN BRIXTON AND THE EAST END?; HOW I STUDIED SECOND-GENERATION YOUTH; PLAN OF THE BOOK; 1: Losing Faith in the State?; APATHY, ALIENATION, OR ATOMISM?; MEASURING RELIGIOSITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; RESEARCH FINDINGS; REVISITING MIKE AND HAMID; 2. Muslim First; FOUR TACTICAL STYLES OF SELF-IDENTIFICATION; Continuity; Between Cultures; Hybridity; Deculturation

BASIC YOUTH VALUESCHOOSING MUSLIM FIRST; STRATEGIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE EAST END; TACTICS OF MUSLIM IDENTIFICATION; AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE; DECULTURATION AND ITS LIMITS; ELASTIC ORTHODOXY; 3: Looking for Black in the Union Jack; RACE, IMMIGRATION, AND COMMUNITIES; JAMAICAN IDENTITY CHOICES; Race; Mabel; Moving with Music; NOT SO BRITISH?; 4: Rooted Religion; THE RELIGIOUS SCENE IN BRIXTON; CASE STUDY CHURCHES AND MOSQUES; BRIXTON SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH: THE DUTIFUL WEST INDIAN CITIZEN; BRICK LANE MOSQUE: THE DUTIFUL BANGLADESHI CITIZEN

THE LIVE EVENT: OPPOSING GUN AND KNIFE CRIME, ONE PERSON AT A TIME5: New Religion; RUACH CITY CHURCH: CHAMPIONS AND AMBASSADORS; EAST LONDON MOSQUE: ISLAMIZED CITIZENS; CONCLUDING DISCUSSION; 6: The Building Blocks of Social Change; THE BIG IFTAR: BREAKING A RAMADAN FAST FOR THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS; CONCLUSION: THE HEART OF ACTIVISM; 7. Believing Citizens; PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER; WHAT IT MEANS; PRESENT REALITIES, FUTURE HOPES; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-180383-9

0-19-106137-9