This book explores the Pakistani diaspora in a transatlantic context, enquiring into the ways in which young first- and second-generation Pakistani Muslim and non-Muslim men resist hegemonic identity narratives and respond to their marginalised conditions.
This book explores the Pakistani diaspora in a transatlantic context, enquiring into the ways in which young first- and second-generation Pakistani Muslim and non-Muslim men resist hegemonic identity narratives and respond to their marginalised conditions.
Craig Considine is a Catholic American of Irish and Italian descent. As a sociologist he focuses on Islam, religious pluralism, Muslim Americans, Islamophobia, Christian-Muslim relations, the life of the Prophet Muhammad, race and ethnic relations, and the intersection of religion and nationalism. Craig is currently a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He holds a Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Craig was born and bred in Needham, Massachusetts, and has lived in Washington, DC, and London, England.
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Foreword Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Pakistanis 'Here' and Pakistanis 'There' Chapter 2. Theorising Pakphobia Chapter 3. 'Terrorism' and the 'Immigration Problem' Chapter 4. Cross-Cultural Navigators and desh pardesh Chapter 5. The 'Good Muslim'/'Bad Muslim' Dichotomy Chapter 6. New Pakistani Ethnicities Chapter 7. Why Civic Values and Pluralism Matter Chapter 8. Dousing Pakphobia Glossary Appendix 1: Interviewees Appendix 2: Semi-structured Interview Guide Appendix 3: Streams of Islam
