"Narrow-Minded and Oppressive" or a "Superior Culture"? Implications of Divergent Representations of Islam for Pakistani-American Youth

Autor/in	Ghaffar-Kucher, Ameena
Titel	"Narrow-Minded and Oppressive" or a "Superior Culture"? Implications of Divergent Representations of Islam for Pakistani-American Youth
Quelle	In: Race, Ethnicity and Education, 18 (2015) 2, S.202-224 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1361-3324
DOI	10.1080/13613324.2014.889111
Schlagwörter	Ethnography; Muslims; Working Class; Arabs; North Americans; Immigrants; Culture Conflict; Cultural Capital; Acculturation; Islam; Family Environment; Educational Environment; Self Concept; Cultural Differences; Social Isolation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnografie; Muslim; Muslimin; Arbeiterklasse; Arab; Araber; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Kulturkonflikt; Akkulturation; Familienmilieu; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Selbstkonzept; Kultureller Unterschied; Soziale Isolation
Abstract	Drawing on ethnographic data, this article examines the complex terrain that working-class Pakistani-American youth must negotiate in their daily lives. Specifically, the article illustrates how particular views of Islam and Americanization manifest in particular sites and within educational discourses, and the resulting dissonance that youth experience. On the one hand, schools view Islam as oppressive, problematic and a hindrance to the youths' academic and professional success. On the other hand, families present Islam as a type of cultural capital that can guide youth and help them navigate their lives by being a "good Muslim." The result of these fossilized views of culture and nationality is the production of an "imagined nostalgia": One group longs for a world where assimilation into the dominant group is expected and accepted; the other longs for the homeland, which they try to recreate in their new home. Thus, in their own ways, both schools and communities send the message that being Muslim and being American is not compatible. Consequently, rather than view being Muslim and American in an additive way, youth believe that they can only be one or the other, which often translates into placing themselves outside the realm of American cultural citizenship. (As Provided).
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