British Asian Muslim Women, Multiple Spatialities and Cosmopolitanism (Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series)

This book analyzes the cosmopolitan lives of British Asian Muslim women. Drawing on interview and online data, the book debunks stereotypical assumptions and explores the multiple and meaningful links that British Asian Muslim women establish within and outside their communities. The book provides a lively account of the cosmopolitan lives of British Asian Muslim women. Recent studies on the topic of Muslim women have yet to address the ways in which women form and connect with varying communities. This book demonstrates how Muslim women living in Britain of South Asian origin connect with numerous spaces such as religious, virtual, political, and creative spheres and argues that they need to be understood in cosmopolitan and humane ways. British Asian Muslim women cannot be continued to be perceived in monolithic ways and that this level of diversity needs to be recognized by the state in matters concerning integration of Muslims in British society. British Asian Muslim Women, Multiple Spatialities and Cosmopolitanism will appeal to students and academics in Sociology, Anthropology, Politics and Women's Studies Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction....Pages 1-33 Mediating British Asian Muslim Women....Pages 34-51 British Asian Muslim Women in South Asia....Pages 52-71 Cosmopolitan Identities in Mosques....Pages 72-88 Prominent British Asian Muslim Women: Case Studies....Pages 89-123 Expressions of Cosmopolitanism in the Virtual Sphere....Pages 124-143 The Question of Integration of Muslims....Pages 144-147 Back Matter....Pages 148-162