yes / The car is a symbolic presence at the heart of the
everyday experience of multi-ethnic coexistence.
Exploring the potential significance of car
ownership among members of the Pakistani/Muslim
population in Bradford has an inherent interest and
virtue, but more acutely, it can shed light on social
relations where class, gender, religion and ethnicity
intersect. The ‘young Asian/White/Muslim/Black
male driver’ has acquired a certain meaning and
reputation which has largely negative associations
across Britain. However, once stereotypes such
as the ones at play in the diary entry above are
unpicked and engaged with, meaning becomes
more nuanced and complicated, but no less vital.
Indeed, the research upon which this paper is
based suggests that car culture offers insights:
first, into how some aspects of broader ‘British
Muslim’ identity are framed; and second, that often
negative, exoticized and racialized aspects of
identity can be detuned and thus made less potent
markers of racialized thinking.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/15632 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Alam, Yunis |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book chapter, Published version |
| Rights | © Runnymede 2013.This is subject to the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Deed: Attribution-Non- Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales. |
| Relation | https://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/publications/Runnymede_The_New_Muslims_Perspective.pdf |
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