Troubling Muslim Youth Identities: Nation, Religion, Gender

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This book explores the production of Muslim youth identities, with respect to nation, religion and gender in Pakistan, Senegal, Nigeria and Lebanon. As Muslim-majority, post-colonial states with significant youth populations, these countries offer critical case studies for the exploration of the different grammars of youth identities, and ‘trouble’ the perceived homogeneity of Muslims in local and global imaginaries. The authors offer rigorous and detailed accounts of the local, situated and contingent ways in which youth articulate their identities and sense of belonging, and the book reflects on the importance of affect, belonging and affiliation in the construction of youth narratives of identity as well as highlighting their political and contested nature. Troubling Muslim Youth Identities will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of development studies, social and cultural studies, gender, geography, education, and peace and conflict studies. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction (Máiréad Dunne, Naureen Durrani, Kathleen Fincham, Barbara Crossouard)....Pages 1-13 Geographies of Identity (Máiréad Dunne, Naureen Durrani, Kathleen Fincham, Barbara Crossouard)....Pages 15-60 The Research (Máiréad Dunne, Naureen Durrani, Kathleen Fincham, Barbara Crossouard)....Pages 61-76 Pakistan: Converging Imaginaries in an Islamic State (Naureen Durrani, Máiréad Dunne, Kathleen Fincham, Barbara Crossouard)....Pages 77-125 Senegal: Muslim Youth Identities in a Secular Nation (Barbara Crossouard, Máiréad Dunne, Naureen Durrani, Kathleen Fincham)....Pages 127-173 Nigeria: Muslim Youth and Internal Others in a Multi-religious Nation (Máiréad Dunne, Naureen Durrani, Kathleen Fincham, Barbara Crossouard)....Pages 175-224 Lebanon: National Imaginaries, State Fragilities and the Shi’a Other (Kathleen Fincham, Máiréad Dunne, Naureen Durrani, Barbara Crossouard)....Pages 225-262 Conclusions: Intersecting Nation, Religion and Gender (Máiréad Dunne, Naureen Durrani, Kathleen Fincham, Barbara Crossouard)....Pages 263-279 Back Matter ....Pages 281-295