Secure borders and safe haven and the gendered politics of belonging: Beyond social cohesion

Yuval‐Davis, Nira; Anthias, Floya; Kofman, Eléonore

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“…12 Ethnicity is more than a question of ethnic identity; it involves partaking of the social conditions of a group…and always involves a political dimension (Anthias and Yuval-Davis, 1992). 13 Whether this reflects processes of generation, age, experience or length of residence in Bangladesh is unclear, however we can assume that the life stage reached is likely to have contributed, alongside socio-historical circumstances and personal history (Gardner, 1998). 14 The myth of common origin, and a homogenous national culture/religion as encapsulating totality, is central to such constructions (Yuval-Davis et al, 2005).…”

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“…However, this dichotomy, between nation and 'cultural collectivity' conceals the link between ethnicity and nationalism that works to represent the culture and history of the dominant ethnic group as that of the nation state (May, 2001). Constructed in this way national identity implicitely inscribes traditions of 'us' and 'them', 'nation' and 'foreigner' that attempt to arrest the proliferation of difference that cultural plurality produces (Lewis and Neal, 2005;Yuval-Davis et al, 2005). 14 In pre-2008 Bangladesh, the cultural collectivity of the other ('Bihari') sat squarely outside the nation-state.…”

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Subjectivity and Citizenship: Intersections of Space, Ethnicity and Identity Among the Urdu-Speaking Minority in Bangladesh

Redclift

2010

Int. Migration & Integration

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The paper examines understandings of citizenship and ethnic identification among the 'Urdu-speaking linguistic minority' in Bangladesh, addressing three key areas of debate. First, it explores the relationship between the material institution of citizenship and conditions of (physical) integration/segregation. Second, it attempts to unpick the intimate connection between that material institution and the ethnic and national identities of individuals. Finally, it investigates a dissonance discovered between the bureaucratic state recognition of citizenship and imaginations of that status among interviewees, the 'identities of citizenship' occupied at the local level. The paper demonstrates the significance of subject positionality, economies of power and the 'dialogic' nature of ethnic identity formation, and Victoria Redclift 2 discusses the complex emotional ordering of belonging they collectively construct. 1

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Subjectivity and Citizenship: Intersections of Space, Ethnicity and Identity Among the Urdu-Speaking Minority in Bangladesh

Redclift

2010

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…The traditional 'unitary' model of citizenship assumes that the political and cultural spheres of membership are aligned so that every citizen is also part of the nation. As such, the individual's membership in a political community is dissolved into a collective 'cultural' identity, which for some still limits real access (Yuval-Davis et al, 2005). It has been commonly assumed that it is this collective cultural identity which limits the access of 'Urdu-speakers' to the nation-state in Bangladesh.…”

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Displacement, integration and identity in the postcolonial world

Redclift

2015

Identities

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Defining the relationship between displaced populations and the nation-state is a fraught historical process. The Partition of India in 1947 provides a powerful example. However markedly little attention has been paid to the refugee communities produced (Ansari, 2005). Using the case of the displaced 'Urdu-speaking minority' in Bangladesh this article considers what contemporary discourses of identity and integration reveal about the nature and boundaries of the nation-state. It reveals that the language of 'integration' is embedded in colonial narratives of 'population' versus 'people-nation' which structure exclusion not only through language and ethnicity, but poverty and social space. It also shows how colonial and postcolonial registers transect and overlap as colonial constructions of 'modernity' and 'progress' fold into religious discourses of 'pollution' and 'purity'. The voices of minorities navigating claims to belonging through these discourses shed light on a 'nation-in-formation': the shifting landscape of national belonging and the complicated accommodations required.

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“…For example, efforts to maintain stable Muslim communities came to be identified as one of the major barriers to "community cohesion", which in turn was singled out as a major contributing factor to a series of riots in Oldham, Burnley and Bradford in the North of England in 2001 [24]. This led to renewed emphasis in UK social policy on the need to foster mixing between religious groups and identification with the British nation (as well as, critics have persuasively argued, less emphasis being placed upon economic deprivation and prejudice against minorities [25]). …”

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New Labour and the Re-making of British Islam: The Case of the Radical Middle Way and the “Reclamation” of the Classical Islamic Tradition

Jones

2013

Religions

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This article examines the emergence of new forms of Islam in Britain between the 1990s and the present, and in particular the role played by the New Labour government (1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010) in encouraging new expressions of Islam. It charts the development of the Islamic tradition in Britain between the migration of mainly South Asian Muslims in the 1950s and 1960s and the Rushdie affair in the late 1980s, before outlining some of the challenges Muslims in Britain have faced transmitting Islamic traditions in a stable state to younger generations. Against the backdrop of increasing public concern about an inter-generational divide among Muslims and its supposed role in allowing radicalism to flourish, the article explores recent attempts to develop and promote forms of Islam that are "authentically British" and that challenge radical perspectives. Using the case study of the Radical Middle Way initiative, it looks into the uneasy relationship between these newer forms of Islam and the supportive New Labour administration, highlighting weaknesses in literature that focuses on the 'disciplining' of Muslims. Finally, it explains how the concept of classical Islamic tradition is utilised in creative ways not anticipated or engaged with by advocates of the "clash of civilisations" thesis.

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Secure borders and safe haven and the gendered politics of belonging: Beyond social cohesion

Cited by 257 publications

References 6 publications

Subjectivity and Citizenship: Intersections of Space, Ethnicity and Identity Among the Urdu-Speaking Minority in Bangladesh

Subjectivity and Citizenship: Intersections of Space, Ethnicity and Identity Among the Urdu-Speaking Minority in Bangladesh

Displacement, integration and identity in the postcolonial world

New Labour and the Re-making of British Islam: The Case of the Radical Middle Way and the “Reclamation” of the Classical Islamic Tradition

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