Stubborn identities and the construction of socio-spatial boundaries: ultra-orthodox Jews living in

2025-01-23 Classification：Religion Click()
Author：Valins, O

Article Title：Stubborn identities and the construction of socio-spatial boundaries: ultra-orthodox Jews living in contemporary Britain

Abstract：
Despite ultra-Orthodoxy being the fastest growing component of the British Jewish community (and Jewry worldwide), it has received little academic coverage by geographers. This paper provides an in-depth examination of a community of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Broughton Park, Manchester. It maps out the residential concentration of these Jews and, using in-depth qualitative interviews, discusses the construction of socio-spatial boundaries that are used to define and mark out 'them' from 'us'. Through this the paper contributes to wider geographic discussions about identity, segregation and religion. It shows how the power of religion to define people's beliefs and everyday practices remains, for certain groups, extremely strong.

Keywords: identity; boundaries; ultra-Orthodox Jews; religion; segregation

DOI: 10.1111/1475-5661.00085

Source：TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS

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