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The performance of multilingual and 'ultralingual' devotional practices by young British Muslims / Andrey Rosowsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosowsky, Andrey, 1956- author.
- Series:
- New perspectives on language and education ; 88.
- New perspectives on language and education ; 88
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslim youth--Great Britain.
- Muslim youth.
- Muslim youth--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Islam--Great Britain--Social aspects.
- Islam.
- Prayer--Islam.
- Prayer.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This book examines the wide range of multilingual devotional performances engaged in by young Muslims in the UK today. It evaluates the contemporary mosque school in the UK and contrasts this with practices from the past and with prevailing discourses (both political and other) which suggest that such institutions are problematic.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Multilingual and Ultralingual Devotional Practices among British Muslim Youth
- 3 The Research of Ultralingual Practice in the Community: A ‘Gentle Ethnography’
- 4 Ultralingual Language Practice in Devotional Settings
- 5 Ultralingual Devotional Performance in 2000 and in 2019
- 6 ‘Al-Qur’an’: The Sacred Text and its Centrality (Mosque School A)
- 7 The Qur’anic Supplementary School in a Superdiverse Setting (Mosque School B)
- 8 ‘Naat and Nasheed’: The Performance of Devotional Songs and Poetry (Mosque School C)
- 9 Leaving ‘the Mawlana and the Child’ Behind (Mosque School D)
- 10 ‘Binding and Shifting’: Language Continuity and Linguistic Change in Ultralingual Devotional Practices
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021)
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781800411395
- 1800411391
- 9781800411388
- 1800411383
- OCLC:
- 1242874597
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