Navigating the Everyday As Middle-Class British-Pakistani Women: Ethnicity, Identity and Belonging
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Why British-Pakistanis? -- Working as a Native Anthropologist -- Fieldwork and Participants -- Outline of Chapters -- Chapter 2-Conceptual Considerations -- Chapter 3-The Experiences of a British-Pakistani Muslim -- Chapter 4-A Mother's Love -- Chapter 5-The Social Role of Dutiful Daughter-in-Law -- Chapter 6-Performance of a British-Pakistani Identity -- Chapter 7-Class and Piety -- References -- 2 Conceptual Considerations -- Middle-Class Identity -- Prejudice -- Intersecting Identities -- Theoretical Underpinnings -- References -- 3 The Experiences of a British-Pakistani Muslim -- Acceptance and Belonging -- Islamophobia and the Role of the Media -- Prejudice -- Shattering Negative Stereotypes -- The Role of the Mosque and Being British Muslim -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 A Mother's Love -- Ambition -- Amber's Mother Jamila -- Gazala's Mother Naheed -- Hina's Mother Misbah -- Farah's Mother Khalida -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Social Role of a Dutiful Daughter-in-Law -- Family Hierarchies -- Dutiful Daughters-in-Law -- Altruism and Antagonism -- The Merits of In-Laws -- Changes in Expectations -- The Changing Attitudes of Third-Generation British-Pakistanis -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Performance of a British-Pakistani Identity -- The Significance of British-Pakistani Identity -- Pakistani Nationals -- Pakistani Culture as a Source of Class Distinction and Cultural Capital -- Ladies Night -- Culture, Respectability, Conviviality and Competition -- The Drive Home -- References -- 7 Class and Piety -- Visual Piety -- Fashionably Pious -- Religious Classes at the Mosque -- The Phenomenon of Farhat Hashmi -- Islamic Revivalism and Islamic Feminism -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Conclusion -- Reference -- References -- Index.