A politics of one’s own: leisure, belonging, and momentary self-exclusion among British Bangladeshi women in East London
This paper investigates how leisure activities inform identification processes among British Bangladeshi Muslim women in Tower Hamlets, London. Focusing on women-only events organised in community centres that cater to British Bangladeshi women, we explore the significance of these spaces in the neg...
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| description | This paper investigates how leisure activities inform identification processes among British Bangladeshi Muslim women in Tower Hamlets, London. Focusing on women-only events organised in community centres that cater to British Bangladeshi women, we explore the significance of these spaces in the negotiation and maintenance of identity and community. Based on a two-year ethnography conducted as part of the research project Migrant Memory and Postcolonial Imagination, we argue that women-only leisure activities are part of a strategy of momentary self-exclusion, which is central to the articulation of a politics of location for participating women. The focus on leisure contributes to the literature on diaspora studies by providing a more holistic understanding of questions of belonging. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:100812025-02-11T14:58:55Z https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/10081/ A politics of one’s own: leisure, belonging, and momentary self-exclusion among British Bangladeshi women in East London Giese, Julia Clini, Clelia 300 Social sciences 790 Recreational & performing arts 900 History & geography This paper investigates how leisure activities inform identification processes among British Bangladeshi Muslim women in Tower Hamlets, London. Focusing on women-only events organised in community centres that cater to British Bangladeshi women, we explore the significance of these spaces in the negotiation and maintenance of identity and community. Based on a two-year ethnography conducted as part of the research project Migrant Memory and Postcolonial Imagination, we argue that women-only leisure activities are part of a strategy of momentary self-exclusion, which is central to the articulation of a politics of location for participating women. The focus on leisure contributes to the literature on diaspora studies by providing a more holistic understanding of questions of belonging. Sage 2025-01-21 Article PeerReviewed text en https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/10081/3/a%20politics%20of%20ones%20own%2023-01_%20Final.pdf Giese, Julia and Clini, Clelia (2025) A politics of one’s own: leisure, belonging, and momentary self-exclusion among British Bangladeshi women in East London. Sociology. ISSN 0038-0385 (In Press) |
| spellingShingle | 300 Social sciences 790 Recreational & performing arts 900 History & geography Giese, Julia Clini, Clelia A politics of one’s own: leisure, belonging, and momentary self-exclusion among British Bangladeshi women in East London |
| title | A politics of one’s own: leisure, belonging, and momentary self-exclusion among British Bangladeshi women in East London |
| title_full | A politics of one’s own: leisure, belonging, and momentary self-exclusion among British Bangladeshi women in East London |
| title_fullStr | A politics of one’s own: leisure, belonging, and momentary self-exclusion among British Bangladeshi women in East London |
| title_full_unstemmed | A politics of one’s own: leisure, belonging, and momentary self-exclusion among British Bangladeshi women in East London |
| title_short | A politics of one’s own: leisure, belonging, and momentary self-exclusion among British Bangladeshi women in East London |
| title_sort | politics of one s own leisure belonging and momentary self exclusion among british bangladeshi women in east london |
| topic | 300 Social sciences 790 Recreational & performing arts 900 History & geography |
| url | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/10081/3/a%20politics%20of%20ones%20own%2023-01_%20Final.pdf |
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