"Arabic is the language of the Muslims-that's how it was supposed to be": Exploring language and religious identity through reflective accounts from young British-born South Asians

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-36

  Jaspal, Rusi ^a   Coyle, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Identity; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Language; Qualitative; Religion; South Asians

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349094758     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674670903127205     Document Type: Article

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