Marta Bolognani
University of Exeter, Cedar, Faculty Member
- I am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice and I teach at the University of Exeter on the CEDAR postgr... moreI am a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice and I teach at the University of Exeter on the CEDAR postgraduate courses related to psychoanalysis and psychoanalysis and research.
Previously, as a social anthropologist, my interests have been primarily in the following areas: British Pakistanis, Pakistani diaspora, Return Migration, Social Movements in Pakistan, South Asian Popular Culture and Psycho-social Studies.
After graduating in Anthropology and Philosophy from the University of Siena (Italy) with a thesis on Bradford Pakistanis' identity, I got my doctorate in Sociology from the University of Leeds. My doctoral thesis was the basis for the book 'Crime and Muslim Britain' (2009, I.B. Tauris).
In 2006 I started to teach at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) where I kept researching and writing, expanding my interests towards social movements (see my book 'Pakistan and its Diaspora', 2013, Palgrave).
In 2008 I became the head of department of Sociology, Criminology and Popular Culture at UWIC (now Cardiff Metropolitan), Wales. In 2010 I moved to Bristol where I worked on British Muslims' political participation, return migration (in collaboration with the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway) and transnational marriage of British Pakistanis and British Sikhs.edit
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Research Interests: Sociology, Gender Studies, Immigration, Sexuality, Migration, and 15 moreDiscrimination, Masculinity, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Ethnic minorities, Cultural Capital, Multidisciplinary, Identity, Mobility, Disgust, Boundary making, Symbolic Power, British Pakistanis, Ethnic Group, Ethnic Minorities, and Pakistani Diaspora
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is a non-profit institute (established in 1959) whose overarching purpose is to conduct research on the conditions for peaceful relations between states, groups and people. The institute is... more
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is a non-profit institute (established in 1959) whose overarching purpose is to conduct research on the conditions for peaceful relations between states, groups and people. The institute is independent, international and interdisciplinary, and explores issues related to all facets of peace and conflict. The Migration Research Group at PRIO addresses central theoretical aspects of migration and transnationalism, and the ways in which these phenomena are connected with peace and conflict. The group seeks to understand migration processes, the transna-tional ties created after migration, and their consequences for individuals and societies (www.prio.org/migration). The responsibility and honour for the hypotheses, theories, findings and views expressed in PRIO's publications rests with the authors. The photos that are sources from flickr.com are reproduced in accordance with the CC licenses generously granted by the photographers. The indivi...
Research Interests: Geography, Transnationalism, Refugee Studies, Migration, Afghanistan, and 15 morePakistan, Forced Migration, Migration Studies, Return Migration, Asylum seekers, Polish Migration, Poland, Diaspora and transnationalism, Return Migrants Reintegration, Rumor, Burundi, Refugees and Forced Migration Studies, Assisted voluntary return, Iraqi Kurdistan, and G
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Introduction: 'Reflections and representations: Shifting gazes and the curse of truths', by Stephen Lyon and Marta Bolgonani The Public Sphere: Kashmir Religious Leadership Women Conclusion: 'Being Pakistani Beyond Europe and... more
Introduction: 'Reflections and representations: Shifting gazes and the curse of truths', by Stephen Lyon and Marta Bolgonani The Public Sphere: Kashmir Religious Leadership Women Conclusion: 'Being Pakistani Beyond Europe and South Asia', by Marta Bolognani and Stephen Lyon
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The Britain of the early twenty-first century has become consumed by heightened concerns about violent crime and terrorism in relation to Muslim communities in the West. Here Marta Bolognani fills a major gap in criminology and diaspora... more
The Britain of the early twenty-first century has become consumed by heightened concerns about violent crime and terrorism in relation to Muslim communities in the West. Here Marta Bolognani fills a major gap in criminology and diaspora studies through an exhaustive investigation into crime among British Pakistanis. Through detailed ethnographic observation and interview data, Bolognani shows how Bradford Pakistanis' perceptions of crime and control are a combination of the formal and informal, or British and 'traditional' Pakistani, that are no longer separable in the diasporic context. She also examines local and national state policies that are geared to preventing crime and shows how crime comes to be understood by participants as well as institutional actors. Offering a counterpoint to the 'taboo' of talking about crime and race in cultural terms, 'Crime in Muslim Britain' is essential for all those interested in criminology, ethnicity and the predic...
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Anxiety over the power of family ties to perpetuate immigration flows is a prominent feature of contemporary British and wider European migration discourse. Since the last decade of the twentieth century, the political spotlight has... more
Anxiety over the power of family ties to perpetuate immigration flows is a prominent feature of contemporary British and wider European migration discourse. Since the last decade of the twentieth century, the political spotlight has focused on particular forms of spousal immigration and increasingly shines through a lens of problematic integration. In this introductory chapter, we explore dominant discourses representing ethnic minority transnational marriages as a challenge to integration, before introducing the mixed-methods research project from which data for this book is drawn.
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Culturalist understandings connect transnational marriage with ‘traditional’ gender and family relationships, contrasted with models of ‘modern’ egalitarian European gender relations which are taken as a sign of cultural integration.... more
Culturalist understandings connect transnational marriage with ‘traditional’ gender and family relationships, contrasted with models of ‘modern’ egalitarian European gender relations which are taken as a sign of cultural integration. Previous chapters of this volume have considered gender issues in relation to education, employment and social life. In this chapter, we explore another prominent topic in this area: extended family living. The Labour Force Survey data reveals that rates living in extended families are patterned by couple type, with particularly high rates among migrant wife couples. For both transnational and intranational couples, women sometimes find living with their in-laws constraining. For some British Pakistani women, a transnational marriage offers the opportunity to avoid the role of daughter-in-law, and so may offer increased autonomy and/or the opportunity to remain living with or near their natal family. Migrant husbands, conversely, are often in the cultur...
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Despite the confident proclamations by political commentators concerning relationships between transnational marriage migration and integration, the evidence base to underpin such assertions is mixed, and complicated by differing foci,... more
Despite the confident proclamations by political commentators concerning relationships between transnational marriage migration and integration, the evidence base to underpin such assertions is mixed, and complicated by differing foci, contexts and assumptions. In this chapter, we use the five part conceptualisation of integration set out in Chapter 2, to interrogate key arguments, evidence and assumptions in a systematic fashion, whilst drawing out the implications for analysis of marriage migration of broader debates in the social sciences literature, such as on ‘bonding’ and ‘bridging’ capital, on processes across the five domains. The conclusions undermine the homogenising political representation of transnational marriages as problematic for ‘integration’, demonstrating the need for empirical research, such as our study, to explore the complexity of the integration processes at play.
In this chapter we look at patterns and trends transnational marriage among British Pakistani Muslims and British Indian Sikhs, explore attitudes towards transnational marriage and look at how participants own marriages came about. Labour... more
In this chapter we look at patterns and trends transnational marriage among British Pakistani Muslims and British Indian Sikhs, explore attitudes towards transnational marriage and look at how participants own marriages came about. Labour Force Survey data shows a clear downward trend in the popularity of transnational marriage. They also show transnational marriage is less common among those with higher education. We explore the possibility that the opportunity for migration might be ‘exchanged’ for educational capital so that transnational marriage could provide British South Asians access to more educated partners in India or Pakistan. The LFS figures show that educational homogamy (spouses having the same level of education) is the dominant pattern in both transnational and intranational marriages. We nevertheless find evidence of educational selectivity in transnational marriages, with migrant spouses’ educational profiles comparing very favourably to those in the origin countr...
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In this chapter, we examine a range of topics from several domains of our conceptual model of integration: transnationalism, language use, and national and religious identities. By bringing them together under the heading of ‘belonging’,... more
In this chapter, we examine a range of topics from several domains of our conceptual model of integration: transnationalism, language use, and national and religious identities. By bringing them together under the heading of ‘belonging’, we respond to the need to interrogate constructions of the politics of belonging and illustrate once more the associations and disjunctions that can exist between processes of integration in different domains and at different levels. Our data also analysis sheds light on a ‘paradox of integration’, in which British South Asian’s experiences of discrimination may lead them to question the meaning of Britishness, and in which perceived inequity of immigration regulations may play a role.
Spouses constitute the largest category of migrant settlement in the UK. In Britain, as elsewhere in Europe, concern is increasingly expressed over the implications of marriage-related migration for integration. In some ethnic minority... more
Spouses constitute the largest category of migrant settlement in the UK. In Britain, as elsewhere in Europe, concern is increasingly expressed over the implications of marriage-related migration for integration. In some ethnic minority groups, significant numbers of children and grandchildren of former immigrants continue to marry partners from their ancestral homelands. Such marriages are presented as particularly problematic: a 'first generation' of spouses in every generation may inhibit processes of individual and group integration, impeding socio-economic participation and cultural change. New immigration restrictions likely to impact particularly on such groups have thus been justified on the grounds of promoting integration. The evidence base to underpin this concern is, however, surprisingly limited, and characterised by differing and often partial understandings of the contested and politicised concept of integration. This project combined analysis of relevant quant...
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While increasing attention from academics and the media focuses on the lives of Muslim communities in the west, little attention has so far been given to insiders' own perceptions of their social lives. This paper, borne out... more
While increasing attention from academics and the media focuses on the lives of Muslim communities in the west, little attention has so far been given to insiders' own perceptions of their social lives. This paper, borne out of broader research on their perceptions of crime, aims to ...
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Despite the undeniable significance of the `race and crime' stream in criminology, knowledge held by minority ethnic groups on these matters is still much overlooked. It is this gap in the literature that this thesis begins to fill,... more
Despite the undeniable significance of the `race and crime' stream in criminology, knowledge held by minority ethnic groups on these matters is still much overlooked. It is this gap in the literature that this thesis begins to fill, based on both fieldwork and documentary research. The case-study through which the importance of minority ethnic views is investigated is a Bradford Pakistani one. The neglect by academic criminological accounts of a systematic analysis of minorities' views, and their cultural specificities, may be imputed in part to the fear of pathologisation. On the other hand, many media accounts seem to look at alleged `dysfunctionalities' of certain groups. After September 11th 2001 and July 7th 2005, Muslim communities seem particularly susceptible to negative stereotyping. The research looks at `cultural agency', avoiding ill-fitted generalisation and stereotypes based on an imposed essentialisation of the Bradford Pakistani community. This thesis...
This article documents forms of 'homeland' attachment and analyses their significance among second-and third-generation British Pakistanis by comparison with the 'myth of return' that characterised the... more
This article documents forms of 'homeland' attachment and analyses their significance among second-and third-generation British Pakistanis by comparison with the 'myth of return' that characterised the early pioneer phase of Pakistani migration to Britain. 'Homeland attachment' for young ...
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... Comment se fait-il que les Asians en prennent pour 5 ou 6 ans, alors que les Blancs
» (Khalil, interview, 2002). ... Le même jour, un autre garçon est sorti de prison, pour les émeutes. Sa famille a loué une limousine et fait une... more
... Comment se fait-il que les Asians en prennent pour 5 ou 6 ans, alors que les Blancs
» (Khalil, interview, 2002). ... Le même jour, un autre garçon est sorti de prison, pour les émeutes. Sa famille a loué une limousine et fait une grande fête en musique pour sa sortie de prison. ...
... Comment se fait-il que les Asians en prennent pour 5 ou 6 ans, alors que les Blancs
» (Khalil, interview, 2002). ... Le même jour, un autre garçon est sorti de prison, pour les émeutes. Sa famille a loué une limousine et fait une... more
... Comment se fait-il que les Asians en prennent pour 5 ou 6 ans, alors que les Blancs
» (Khalil, interview, 2002). ... Le même jour, un autre garçon est sorti de prison, pour les émeutes. Sa famille a loué une limousine et fait une grande fête en musique pour sa sortie de prison. ...
ABSTRACT On 3rd November 2007 General Parvez Musharraf imposed a State of Emergency on Pakistan. During the State of Emergency the judiciary was turned upside down, the media selectively censored and many lawyers and human rights... more
ABSTRACT On 3rd November 2007 General Parvez Musharraf imposed a State of Emergency on Pakistan. During the State of Emergency the judiciary was turned upside down, the media selectively censored and many lawyers and human rights activists were arrested. While the lower classes remained relatively silent and carried on with their daily routines, an unprecedented movement against Musharraf, but more so pro-democracy and pro-judiciary, swept the elite of the country. This paper focuses on the participation of the students in this movement, and in particular on the peculiar and surprising political awakening of the students at LUMS, the elite management university in Lahore. The aim of the paper is to analyze the interrelation between a specific class subculture, their political concerns, the extraordinary means of communication available to them and the development of the protest. I will analyze how the protest was organized and negotiated with the university administration and the local police, refused a direct clash with the establishment, was justified according to upper class parameters, and created acceptable myths of national leadership. A discourse analysis of the speeches by the university administration, the students and the professors will be conducted in order to describe how the protest became aware of itself. The data was collected through participant observation, monitoring of internet blogs and videos and four interviews with prominent figures in the protest.
ABSTRACT This special issue of Contemporary South Asia celebrates 20 years of the annual Pakistan Workshop held in the Lake District of England. This event, the primary raison d'être for the Pakistan Studies Group, has... more
ABSTRACT This special issue of Contemporary South Asia celebrates 20 years of the annual Pakistan Workshop held in the Lake District of England. This event, the primary raison d'être for the Pakistan Studies Group, has consistently provided a forum for researchers of ...
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Christine Barnes is a PhD student in the Department of Geography at King's College London, UK. Her research focuses on the politics of celebrity chefs, the spectacle-isation of 'domestic'charity politics in the United... more
Christine Barnes is a PhD student in the Department of Geography at King's College London, UK. Her research focuses on the politics of celebrity chefs, the spectacle-isation of 'domestic'charity politics in the United Kingdom and the role that celebrity-owned and-invested restaurants and nightclubs play in the creation and social construction of urban space. Her past work includes the 'media-isation'of food politics in the United Kingdom and the development of credibility and authority in 'political'celebrities.