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1 online resource |
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SAGE Research Methods. Cases |
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SAGE Research Methods. Cases
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| Summary |
This case study illustrates how the biographical approach can be used to analyze processes of identity-building of young Muslim women of Moroccan and Pakistani origin, born in Italy or immigrated when they were children (at pre-school or early-school age), in order to explore the effects of primary socialization in a non-Muslim context on their identity formation. This approach makes it possible to shed light on the capacity of these young women to take an "active" role in the identity construction process in light of the twofold paradigm of heredity and reinterpretation. The topics explored in the biographical narratives are "gender" and "religion" in order to explore the influence of these two social categories of belonging on each other during identity formation. The aim is to identify the strategies of identity-building adopted by young Muslim women in response to the various challenges that might arise from their multiple socio-cultural belongings while growing up in a non-Muslim country. Hence, the research focus is on the tensions and mediations, as well as the solutionsin terms of estrangement, innovation, adaptation, resistance, or even liabilitieswith respect to how identity is enacted or inscribed. In short, the biographical approach is used inductively to construct identity profiles which make it possible to move from individual stories to sociological ideal-types in which each story is inserted |
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Description based on XML content |
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Muslim women -- Italy -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
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Women immigrants -- Italy -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
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Women in Islam -- Italy -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
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Case studies.
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Case studies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1473994861 |
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9781473994867 (ebook) |
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