In every society, individual choice and freedom are shaped
at least to some degree by the needs of familial and marital
institutions. Currently, negotiations between individuals and
families are undergoing transformations due to late modern
processes such as recent waves of mass migration, the increasing
transnationalism of everyday practices, global commerce in
ideas and images, and the expansion of information technology
into all corners of people’s lives. Some of the greatest challenges
are experienced by Muslim families; the majority of the world’s
Muslims live in extreme poverty, and in Europe, anti-Muslim
sentiment has found a firm foothold in public attitudes and
debates.
This special issue explores the dilemmas facing transnational
Muslim families as well as those who feel the impact of late
modern transformations in societies where they have lived
for generations. Five scholarly articles address family
dynamics among Muslims in Finland (Anne Häkkinen),
Ethiopia (Outi Fingerroos), Italy and Sweden (Pia Karlsson
Minganti), Morocco (Raquel Gil Carvalheira), and Tanzania
(Laura Stark); these are complemented by the insightful
commentary by Garbi Schmidt. The aim of this theme issue
is to develop new ways of talking about the links between
Islam, family and the individual, which move away from the
ethnocentrism of Western concepts and pay greater attention
to the desires and goals of those studied.
This volume includes two open issue contributions: Magdalena
Elchinova scrutinizes identity construction among Orthodox
Bulgarians based in Istanbul, and in the context of the post-
Fordist “creative city” Ove Sutter analyses the playful and
performative protests of activists following the declaration
of the so-called Danger Zone 2014 in Hamburg, Germany.
Laura Stark er professor i etnologi ved Jyväskylä Universitet i Finland. Hendes forskning fokuserer på finsk folkekultur og -religion, herunder især magi og overtro samt kønsroller.
In every society, individual choice and freedom are shaped
at least to some degree by the needs of familial and marital
institutions. Currently, negotiations between individuals and
families are undergoing transformations due to late modern
processes such as recent waves of mass migration, the increasing
transnationalism of everyday practices, global commerce in
ideas and images, and the expansion of information technology
into all corners of people’s lives. Some of the greatest challenges
are experienced by Muslim families; the majority of the world’s
Muslims live in extreme poverty, and in Europe, anti-Muslim
sentiment has found a firm foothold in public attitudes and
debates.
This special issue explores the dilemmas facing transnational
Muslim families as well as those who feel the impact of late
modern transformations in societies where they have lived
for generations. Five scholarly articles address family
dynamics among Muslims in Finland (Anne Häkkinen),
Ethiopia (Outi Fingerroos), Italy and Sweden (Pia Karlsson
Minganti), Morocco (Raquel Gil Carvalheira), and Tanzania
(Laura Stark); these are complemented by the insightful
commentary by Garbi Schmidt. The aim of this theme issue
is to develop new ways of talking about the links between
Islam, family and the individual, which move away from the
ethnocentrism of Western concepts and pay greater attention
to the desires and goals of those studied.
This volume includes two open issue contributions: Magdalena
Elchinova scrutinizes identity construction among Orthodox
Bulgarians based in Istanbul, and in the context of the post-
Fordist “creative city” Ove Sutter analyses the playful and
performative protests of activists following the declaration
of the so-called Danger Zone 2014 in Hamburg, Germany.
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