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Negotiating British Muslim Belonging: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study

Phoenix, Aisha

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Aisha Phoenix



Abstract

British Muslims are often viewed as holding values incompatible with Britishness, regarded with suspicion and sometimes subjected to gendered forms of racism. Research projects have found that identifiably Muslim women face everyday microaggressions, yet little is known about how they negotiate both this and their identities over time. This article addresses this gap by reporting the results of qualitative longitudinal research that explores the narratives of two young British Muslim women over a seven-year period. The women were first interviewed when they were single undergraduates in 2010 and followed up as married young professionals in 2017. On both occasions they were negotiating their identities and sense of belonging in a climate of heightened scrutiny of Muslims. The paper examines their reflections on: “fitting in” with Britishness, their religious identities and the complexity of belonging. Methodologically, it contributes to qualitative longitudinal narrative research.

Citation

Phoenix, A. (2019). Negotiating British Muslim Belonging: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 42(10), 1632-1650. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2018.1532098

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 28, 2018
Online Publication Date Nov 5, 2018
Publication Date Jan 1, 2019
Deposit Date Oct 23, 2018
Publicly Available Date Apr 15, 2019
Journal Ethnic and Racial Studies
Print ISSN 0141-9870
Electronic ISSN 1466-4356
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 42
Issue 10
Pages 1632-1650
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2018.1532098

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© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.





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