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Understanding Muslim family life : changing relationships, personal life and inequality /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Britton, Joanne (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2024.
Series:Sociology of children and families
Subjects:
Muslim families > Great Britain.
Muslims > Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Series page
  • Understanding Muslim Family Life: Changing Relationships, Personal Life and Inequality
  • Copyright information
  • Table of Contents
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction
  • The distinctiveness of Muslim family life
  • The identity category 'Muslim'
  • The family in Islam
  • Muslim family types
  • Structure of the book
  • 2 Theorizing Muslim Family Life
  • Traditional theories and the decline of extended family
  • Individualization and the decline of the family
  • The cultural turn and personal life
  • Limitations of personal life
  • The concept of family
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Identity and Belonging: Exploring Intersections
  • Identity and identification
  • Intersectionality, religion and ethnicity
  • Transnationalism and diaspora
  • National identity and the politics of belonging
  • Local attachments to place
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Changing Perspectives: Muslim Families as 'a Problem'
  • Colonialism and empire
  • Post-Second World War patterns of migration
  • Muslim families and cultural incompatibility
  • The changing politics of identity
  • Multiculturalism's limitations
  • Problematizing Muslim family life
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Marriage Practices
  • Changing marriage practices
  • Marital conflict and instability
  • Domestic abuse
  • Conclusion
  • 6 Gender Relations and Diverse Relationship Practices
  • A relational approach to exploring gender relations: men's lives
  • A relational approach to exploring gender relations: women's lives
  • Growing diversity of relationship practices: non-normative family life
  • Conclusion
  • 7 Generation and Intergenerational Relations
  • A relational approach to intergenerationality
  • Young people and ideas of generational conflict
  • Adult lives: independence, productivity and caring responsibilities
  • Older people and intergenerational transmission of resources
  • Multigenerational families and households
  • Conclusion
  • 8 Inequality, Disadvantage and Discrimination
  • Government approaches to tackling discrimination against Muslims
  • Perspectives of Muslim family life in the pandemic
  • Amplification of inequalities
  • Muslim family life in conditions of poverty
  • Conclusion
  • 9 Conclusion
  • Developing a framework for theorizing Muslim family life
  • Critically evaluating ideas of collectivism and familism
  • Challenging the regime of truth about Muslim family life
  • Taking account of the enduring role of Islam and Muslim identity
  • Tackling poverty and inequality
  • Addressing exclusions
  • References
  • Index