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Soccer and the politics of identity for young Muslim refugee women in South Australia

Palmer, C.

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C. Palmer



Abstract

This study explores the ways in which a group of young Muslim refugee women in Adelaide, South Australia, draw upon their experiences of playing in a soccer team as a way of establishing and embellishing a particular cultural identity that both affirms and challenges many of the traditions of Islam. Based primarily on qualitative interviews with the players, this study examines some of the ways in which they construct notions of self, sameness and difference as young Muslim women growing up in Australia's fifth largest capital city. The study is centrally concerned with the ways in which these young refugee women articulate their social identities through the traditions Islam and the resources of western popular culture. As is argued in the following pages, the soccer team provides a unique site through which to explore the politics of identity for young refugee women in contemporary Australia.

Citation

Palmer, C. (2009). Soccer and the politics of identity for young Muslim refugee women in South Australia. Soccer and Society, 10(1), 27-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970802472643

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2009
Deposit Date Mar 24, 2010
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Soccer and Society
Print ISSN 1466-0970
Electronic ISSN 1743-9590
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Issue 1
Pages 27-38
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970802472643

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