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Virinder Kalra

University of Warwick
Verified email at warwick.ac.uk
Cited by 3150

Between emasculation and hypermasculinity: theorizing British South Asian masculinities

VS Kalra - South Asian Popular Culture, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Recent interest in the intersections of religion, masculinity, ethnicity and race in the British
context have arguably opened up a new space in academic research racialized groups. In …

Racial nationalisms: Brexit, borders and Little Englander contradictions

S Valluvan, VS Kalra - Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This Introduction first proposes a definitional map applicable to the racial nationalisms currently
ascendant in Britain (and Western Europe, more broadly). The paper then outlines the …

Routes into education and employment for young Pakistani and Bangladeshi women in the UK

A Dale, N Shaheen, V Kalra… - Ethnic and Racial …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The article examines the educational and employment experiences and aspirations of young
Pakistani and Bangladeshi people living in Oldham, in Great Manchester. Many young …

The labour market prospects for Pakistani and Bangladeshi women

…, N Shaheen, V Kalra - Work, employment and …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper examines change and diversity in the lives of Pakistani and Bangladeshi women
using qualitative interviews based in Oldham and secondary analysis of the Fourth National …

Interrogating segregation, integration and the community cohesion agenda

VS Kalra, N Kapoor - Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The notion of segregation in its current application in British social policy confuses rather
than illuminates social processes. While its historical roots lie in a discriminatory practice that …

[BOOK][B] Diasporas: Concepts, intersections, identities

…, M Gillespie, P Crang, M Johnson, N Van Hear, V Kalra… - 2010 - books.google.com
Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which
global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been …

[BOOK][B] Sacred and secular musics: a postcolonial approach

VS Kalra - 2014 - books.google.com
How does the sacred/secular opposition explain itself in the context of musical production?
This volume traces this binary as it frames Western Classical music and Indian Classical …

Writing migrants back into NHS history: addressing a 'collective amnesia'and its policy implications

JM Simpson, A Esmail, VS Kalra… - Journal of the Royal …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
‘One of the nurses went into a family one night and there was a very obstreperous man and
he said “We’ll have none of them Irish and none of them blacks in here” so she said “Fine, no …

Locating the sikh pagh

VS Kalra - Sikh formations, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The importance of the turban to Sikh identity has come into sharp focus since the attacks on
the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001. In particular the conflation of all turban …

[BOOK][B] Pakistani diasporas: Culture, conflict, and change

VS Kalra - 2009 - warwick.ac.uk
If migration were at the heart of any nation-state’s formation, then Pakistan is perhaps the
best example of a country forged out of the movements of people. The creation of East and …