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1 online resource |
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UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books
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Contents |
Cover; London Youth, Religion, and Politics: Engagement and Activism from Brixton to Brick Lane; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; WHY STUDY JAMAICANS AND BANGLADESHIS? WHY IN BRIXTON AND THE EAST END?; HOW I STUDIED SECOND-GENERATION YOUTH; PLAN OF THE BOOK; 1: Losing Faith in the State?; APATHY, ALIENATION, OR ATOMISM?; MEASURING RELIGIOSITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; RESEARCH FINDINGS; REVISITING MIKE AND HAMID; 2. Muslim First; FOUR TACTICAL STYLES OF SELF-IDENTIFICATION; Continuity; Between Cultures; Hybridity; Deculturation |
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BASIC YOUTH VALUESCHOOSING MUSLIM FIRST; STRATEGIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE EAST END; TACTICS OF MUSLIM IDENTIFICATION; AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE; DECULTURATION AND ITS LIMITS; ELASTIC ORTHODOXY; 3: Looking for Black in the Union Jack; RACE, IMMIGRATION, AND COMMUNITIES; JAMAICAN IDENTITY CHOICES; Race; Mabel; Moving with Music; NOT SO BRITISH?; 4: Rooted Religion; THE RELIGIOUS SCENE IN BRIXTON; CASE STUDY CHURCHES AND MOSQUES; BRIXTON SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH: THE DUTIFUL WEST INDIAN CITIZEN; BRICK LANE MOSQUE: THE DUTIFUL BANGLADESHI CITIZEN |
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THE LIVE EVENT: OPPOSING GUN AND KNIFE CRIME, ONE PERSON AT A TIME5: New Religion; RUACH CITY CHURCH: CHAMPIONS AND AMBASSADORS; EAST LONDON MOSQUE: ISLAMIZED CITIZENS; CONCLUDING DISCUSSION; 6: The Building Blocks of Social Change; THE BIG IFTAR: BREAKING A RAMADAN FAST FOR THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS; CONCLUSION: THE HEART OF ACTIVISM; 7. Believing Citizens; PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER; WHAT IT MEANS; PRESENT REALITIES, FUTURE HOPES; References; Index |
Summary |
This study concerns the role of religion in the civic integration of London's second-generation youth through comparative ethnographic studies of two groups: the predominantly Christian Jamaican population in Brixton and the predominantly Muslim Bangladeshi population of the East End |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 5, 2016) |
Subject |
Urban youth -- England -- London -- Cross-cultural studies
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Urban youth -- Religious life -- England -- London
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Christian youth -- England -- London
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Muslim youth -- England -- London
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Urban youth -- Political activity -- England -- London
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Christian youth
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Muslim youth
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Race relations
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Social conditions
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Urban youth
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Urban youth -- Political activity
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SUBJECT |
London (England) -- Race relations
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London (England) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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England -- London
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Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780191061370 |
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0191061379 |
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9780191803833 |
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0191803839 |
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