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Understanding Muslim family life : changing relationships, personal life and inequality / Joanne Britton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Britton, Joanne, author.
- Series:
- Sociology of children and families series.
- Sociology of children and families
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslims--Great Britain.
- Muslims.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 169 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- This book offers an innovative perspective on Muslim family life in British society. It explores key issues including diverse forms of family, gender, generation, race, ethnicity and class, informing solutions for inequalities. It demonstrates how a better understanding of Muslim family life can inform policies to address inequalities.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Series page
- Understanding Muslim Family Life: Changing Relationships, Personal Life and Inequality
- Copyright information
- Table of Contents
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- The distinctiveness of Muslim family life
- The identity category 'Muslim'
- The family in Islam
- Muslim family types
- Structure of the book
- 2 Theorizing Muslim Family Life
- Traditional theories and the decline of extended family
- Individualization and the decline of the family
- The cultural turn and personal life
- Limitations of personal life
- The concept of family
- Conclusion
- 3 Identity and Belonging: Exploring Intersections
- Identity and identification
- Intersectionality, religion and ethnicity
- Transnationalism and diaspora
- National identity and the politics of belonging
- Local attachments to place
- 4 Changing Perspectives: Muslim Families as 'a Problem'
- Colonialism and empire
- Post-Second World War patterns of migration
- Muslim families and cultural incompatibility
- The changing politics of identity
- Multiculturalism's limitations
- Problematizing Muslim family life
- 5 Marriage Practices
- Changing marriage practices
- Marital conflict and instability
- Domestic abuse
- 6 Gender Relations and Diverse Relationship Practices
- A relational approach to exploring gender relations: men's lives
- A relational approach to exploring gender relations: women's lives
- Growing diversity of relationship practices: non-normative family life
- 7 Generation and Intergenerational Relations
- A relational approach to intergenerationality
- Young people and ideas of generational conflict
- Adult lives: independence, productivity and caring responsibilities
- Older people and intergenerational transmission of resources.
- Multigenerational families and households
- 8 Inequality, Disadvantage and Discrimination
- Government approaches to tackling discrimination against Muslims
- Perspectives of Muslim family life in the pandemic
- Amplification of inequalities
- Muslim family life in conditions of poverty
- 9 Conclusion
- Developing a framework for theorizing Muslim family life
- Critically evaluating ideas of collectivism and familism
- Challenging the regime of truth about Muslim family life
- Taking account of the enduring role of Islam and Muslim identity
- Tackling poverty and inequality
- Addressing exclusions
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Dec 2024).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-5292-2174-9
- 1-5292-2173-0
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