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Author Jaffe-Walter, Reva, author

Title Coercive concern : nationalism, liberalism, and the schooling of Muslim youth / Reva Jaffe-Walter
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Anthropology of policy
Anthropology of policy (Stanford, Calif.)
Contents Introduction : ethnographic journeys through concern -- Imagining the Danish nation in relation to Muslim "others" -- Integration and immigration : creating ideal liberal subjects -- Liberalizing Muslim girls -- Negotiating relationships to hostlands and homelands -- Somali by nature, Muslim by choice, Danish by paper : narrating identities -- Teachers' counter-narratives and comparative sites of possibility -- Conclusion : interrogating liberal blind spots and silences
Summary Coercive Concern explores how stereotypes of Muslim immigrants in Western liberal societies flow through public schools into everyday interactions, informing how Muslim youth are perceived by teachers and peers. This book uncovers how coercive assimilation is cloaked in benevolent narratives of care and concern. Coercive Concern provides an ethnographic critique of the "concern" that animates integration policy in Danish schools. Reva Jaffe-Walter focuses on the experiences of Muslim youth at a public school where over 40% of the student body is of immigrant descent, showing how schools operate as sites of governance. These efforts are led by political leaders who promote national fears of immigrant take-over, by teachers in schools, and by everyday citizens who are concerned about "problems" of immigration. Jaffe-Walter exposes the psychic and material costs immigrant youth endure when living in the shadow of social scrutiny, but also charts a path forward by uncovering the resources these youth need to attain social mobility and success
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Muslim youth -- Education -- Denmark
Immigrant youth -- Education -- Denmark
Children of immigrants -- Education -- Denmark
Muslims -- Cultural assimilation -- Denmark
Nationalism -- Denmark
Liberalism -- Denmark
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Children of immigrants -- Education
Liberalism
Muslim youth -- Education
Muslims -- Cultural assimilation
Nationalism
Denmark
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780804798600
0804798605