Features rare scholarship that studies case studies of Iranian migrants under the lens of social class
Analyzes class in a novel variety of different contexts, including gender, ethnicity, place and belonging
Based on empirical research of oft-overlooked migrant groups: women working as doctors, academics, and other traditionally esteemed professions

Autorentext

Mastoureh Fathi is Lecturer in Sociology at Bournemouth University, UK. She has published on the topics of belonging, gender, education and social class among migrants. She is a narrative researcher with an interest in Muslim migrants, and their everyday experiences of life in Western countries. Her current research looks at the intersection of religion, gender and parenting.

Inhalt

1. Class, Intersectionality and Iranian Diaspora.- 2. Intersectionality and Translocational Class.- 3. Classed and Gendered Growing Up.- 4. Classed Place-Making.- 5. Classed Performing.- 6. Classed Racialisation.-7. Classed Belonging.-8. Understanding Class Intersectionally: A Way Forward.