Bourdieu and Bengali Islam. A spatial temporal discussion of the adoption and social utility of Islam for British Sylheti Bangladeshi Muslim Workers in (Tower Hamlets) East London


Seminar Paper, 2017

50 Pages


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Introduction

The Past is Prologue: The Historical Significance of Islam in Work for Bengalis

The Consecration and Social Utility of Islam for Bengalis

Understanding Islam at a Local Context

Globalisation and Arab Influence on British Islam

Bourdieu, Durkheim and Weber on Islam

The significance of Bengali Kinship

Kinship networks

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Title
Bourdieu and Bengali Islam. A spatial temporal discussion of the adoption and social utility of Islam for British Sylheti Bangladeshi Muslim Workers in (Tower Hamlets) East London
College
London Metropolitan University  (Working Lives Research Institute)
Course
Dprof Researching Work
Author
Year
2017
Pages
50
Catalog Number
V502536
ISBN (eBook)
9783346050595
ISBN (Book)
9783346050601
Language
English
Notes
"I have no doubt that this small work shall open the doors for richer and richer contributions from the author in future years." Nadeem Hasnain, Former Professor of social Anthropology, University of Lucknow, India. Senior Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research "The book combines ethnography and social theory to offer a valuable perspective on religion, community and kinship among Bangladeshis in East London." Nazli Kibria, Professor of Sociology, Boston University This work forms an extended discussion of "Bourdieu and Bengali Islam" by the author Abdul Aziz.
Keywords
bourdieu, bengali, islam, british, sylheti, bangladeshi, muslim, east, london
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Abdul Aziz (Author), 2017, Bourdieu and Bengali Islam. A spatial temporal discussion of the adoption and social utility of Islam for British Sylheti Bangladeshi Muslim Workers in (Tower Hamlets) East London, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/502536

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