The racialisation of class and the racialisation of the nation: ethnic minority identity formation across the british south asian middle classes
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Saini, R. 2022. The racialisation of class and the racialisation of the nation: ethnic minority identity formation across the british south asian middle classes. South Asian Diaspora. 14 (2), pp. 109-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/19438192.2022.2055518
Type | Article |
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Title | The racialisation of class and the racialisation of the nation: ethnic minority identity formation across the british south asian middle classes |
Authors | Saini, R. |
Abstract | This paper considers negotiations of social identity across British-born Bangladeshis, Indians and Pakistani professionals who experience racial / ethno-religious marginality alongside relative socioeconomic privilege. Drawing on 20 semi-structured interviews, it finds that beneath the generalised salience of British identity to their sense of self, the racialised limits of national belonging are implicit in discussions of social identity. The ways in which class is brought to bear in identity work which often seeks to subvert and/or align with British middle class norms underscores the relationship between the racialisation of class and the racialisation of the nation. This paper also identifies different modes of identity construction around the racialised idea of the nation across dimensions of religion and gender, and thus also stresses the need to consider the heterogeneity of the British South Asian middle classes when analysing the material and symbolic dimensions of their group belongings. |
Keywords | Social identity; middle class; Britishness; racialisation; whitenes |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Journal | South Asian Diaspora |
ISSN | 1943-8192 |
Electronic | 1943-8184 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 04 Apr 2022 |
03 Jul 2022 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 07 Mar 2022 |
Accepted | 03 Mar 2022 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/19438192.2022.2055518 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000777904700001 |
Language | English |
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