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Acts and practices of citizenship: Muslim women’s activism in the UK
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 11:47 authored by Aleksandra LewickiAleksandra Lewicki, Therese O'TooleDrawing on the growing literature on Muslim women’s activism, this paper explores grammars of action that frame political mobilizations of Muslim women in the UK. By taking a broad view of political activism, we identify acts and practices of citizenship through which Muslim women activists engage with, reinterpret and challenge social norms. The article critically engages with dominant readings of post-migration minorities’ political mobilization through the lens of citizenship regimes and draws attention to more processual and agency-centred perspectives on citizenship. We focus on two salient themes that Bristol-based Muslim activists were concerned with: mobilizing against violence against women, manifested in the anti-FGM campaign by Integrate Bristol, and attempts to re-negotiate the terms of participation in religious spaces, manifested in claims for more inclusive mosques. In both instances, mobilization was not confined to the local community or national level, but supported by and embedded in related transnational struggles.
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Published version
Journal
Ethnic and Racial StudiesISSN
0141-9870Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
Issue
1Volume
40Page range
152-171Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes