"I Want More Freedom, but Not Too Much": British Muslim Girls and the Dynamism of Family Values.

Basit, Tehmina N.

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ERIC Number: EJ557767

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Publication Date: 1997

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"I Want More Freedom, but Not Too Much": British Muslim Girls and the Dynamism of Family Values.

Basit, Tehmina N.

Gender and Education, v9 n4 p425-39 Dec 1997

Discusses the dynamics of Muslim family life and the role of family values in shaping the present experiences and future aspirations of adolescent British Muslim girls. It argues that these young women are getting ambiguous messages about freedom and that they feel ambivalent about various features of their Asian and British ethnicities. (GR)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Culture Conflict, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity, Family Life, Family Structure, Females, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Minority Groups, Muslims, Religious Cultural Groups, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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