"The Blood of a Muslim is Worthless, After All" Identity Debates between Portuguese and British Sunnis in Leicester
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: The article analyzes the impact of the supra-sociological and geo-strategic dimensions of historical relations between various components of the world system upon identity. We consider personal identities as well as shared ones, attempting to highlight the defensive, compensatory and subversive functions underlying processes of subjective identity construction as a response to the traumatic structure of the world system which results from history. Our hypotheses are based on fieldwork carried out immediately following the events of 7th July 2005 among British and Portuguese Muslims of Gujarat origin settled in Leicester, United Kingdom.
Source: Lusotopie
Institution: Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2011618237