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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792307503321

Autore

Raissiguier Catherine <1957->

Titolo

Reinventing the Republic [[electronic resource] ] : gender, migration, and citizenship in France / / Catherine Raissiguier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0804774617

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 195 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

305.48/96912

Soggetti

Women noncitizens - Political activity - France

Women noncitizens - Legal status, laws, etc - France

Women immigrants - Political activity - France

Women immigrants - Legal status, laws, etc - France

Illegal immigration

France Emigration and immigration Political aspects

France Emigration and immigration Social aspects

France Emigration and immigration Government policy

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

Introduction : taking on the Republic -- Sans-papiers : people and movements -- Framing the sans papières -- The legal construction of immigrant women in France -- Family matters : immigration, demography, and national politics -- Of Polish plumbers and Senegalese cleaning ladies -- Nanas, pédés, immigrés : solidarité?

Sommario/riassunto

This book chronicles the struggles of undocumented migrant women in France as they fight to become rights-bearing citizens, revealing how concepts of citizenship and nationality intersect with gender, sexuality, and immigration.