ABSTRACT
The focus of this chapter is British South Asian Muslim women in Oldham, and an analysis is employed which navigates intersectional identities within spaces and social structures. Understanding how groups become marginalised, through unequal social hierarchies, political and social exclusion is a crucial step in challenging injustices. This chapter, focusing on how British South Asian Muslim women are marginalised, situates their experiences of discrimination within everyday spaces. As illustrated, the bodies of veiled Muslim women clearly carry less value in public spaces. A complex interplay of national identity, othering, and gendered racism has placed Muslim women outside of the ‘norm’.
