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Beyond the modern: Muslim youth imaginaries of nation in Northern Nigeria

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posted on 2023-06-07, 08:52 authored by Mairead DunneMairead Dunne, Barbara CrossouardBarbara Crossouard, Jennifer Agbaire, Salihu Bakari
The rise of different nationalisms in an increasingly unequal and neoliberal world make predictions about the dawn of a post-national, global society seem both incongruous and fraught with Eurocentric occlusions. In response, we present a postcolonial analysis of research into Muslim youth narratives of nation in Northern Nigeria. This highlights the continued significance of nation for youth as well as the historical fractures - both internal and external - that infused their identity narratives. We further show the entanglement of nation and religion in youth imaginaries, and their anti-colonial ambivalences, notably with respect to gender reforms. Our analysis calls for a sociology of nation that goes beyond a modern framing and instead attends to the agonistic affective relations through which national imaginaries are constructed; the historical sutures that were intrinsic to the creation of postcolonial nations and their enduring persistence as points of fracture.

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Journal

Sociology

ISSN

0038-0385

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SAGE Publications

Issue

6

Volume

54

Page range

1122-1140

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  • Education Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2020-07-21

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-07-21

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-07-21

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