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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158599503321

Autore

Germain Felix F.

Titolo

Decolonizing the Republic [[electronic resource] ] : African and Caribbean Migrants in Postwar Paris, 1946–1974 / / Felix F. Germain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-60917-489-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Ruth Simms Hamilton African diaspora series

Disciplina

944.36108996

Soggetti

Immigrants - France - Paris - History - 20th century

West Indians - France - Paris

Africans - France - Paris

Electronic books.

Paris (France) Ethnic relations History 20th century

Paris (France) Emigration and immigration History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Black internationalism and student activism in Paris of the fifties -- Civilizing sick bodies : African migration to Paris of the sixties -- French documentaries and the representation of African experiences -- Work, housing, colonial relations, and the formation of oppositional identities among working-class African workers -- Jezebels and victims : West Indian women in postwar France (1946-1974) -- Different beats : Henri Salvador's music and working-class Caribbean males in Paris of the sixties -- Without French labor unions : black community and political activism and decolonization in postcolonial Paris (1960-1974) -- May '68 in black -- Diasporic encounters : music, Le Pen, and "new" black activism in contemporary France (1974-2005) -- Conclusion.