Muslim youth identities through devotional songs and poetry in South Yorkshire communities

In a wide-ranging discussion of identities of Muslim youth in South Yorkshire, Rosowsky explores how such identities may develop through diversity of artistic and cultural influences. Notions of education are central here, especially in the context of local cultural intersections beyond the authorized versions of schooling on offer. In celebratory mode, often with a radically critical edge, traditional Islamic songs and verse find themselves mixing with elements from prevalent contemporary youth cultures, frequently focusing on notions of unstable, creatively evolving identities and on ideas clustering around a sense of place – whether physically envisaged in the geographical environment or in more metaphorical terms.