JUST PUBLISHED!!!
POLITICS OF ETHNICITY, IDENTITY AND RELIGION
Turkish Muslims in Britain
by
Talip Küçükcan
Politics of Ethnicity, Identity and Religion is a study of a micro-Muslim
community in Britain. The book analyzes how Turkish identity is constructed
in the Diaspora through an ethnographic study of the role of family,
culture, organizations and religious groups in the reproduction and
transmission of traditional values to the young generation.
This book informs students, academics, politicians and policy makers in
particular about the traditions, values, beliefs and cultural traits of an
ethnic community within a multicultural context. This study shows that
Turkish and Islamic identities are not fixed and Muslims in Europe do not
have a monolithic nature. There is a large diversity of perspectives and
approaches to Islam, which indicate that any "essentializing" of "others" as
a fixed category undermines pluralism and multiculturalism. The book also
argues that there is an emergent identity construction and a sense of
belonging among young Muslims who would like to see themselves as a
permanent part of European civic culture because their loyalty lies in where
they live.
Contents: Introduction; Methodology: ethnographic narrative and survey;
Migration, ethnicity and ethnic identity: theories revisited; Turkish labour
migration to Western Europe and Britain; Family, kinship and reproduction of
traditional values; Young generation and renegotiation of identity;
Religious beliefs, attitudes and practices among the youth; Turkish
organisations as social vehicles; Transnational Islam and articulation of
identity; Trans-state Islam: religio-political organizations; Conclusions;
Bibliography.
Talip Küçükcan, Centre for Islamic Studies, Istanbul, Turkey.
ISBN: 0-75461-134-5 1999 284 pages £39.95 Hardback
Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
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Aldershot, Hampshire
GU11 3HR UK
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