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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797558903321

Autore

Tchumkam Hervé

Titolo

State power, stigmatization, and youth resistance culture in the French banlieues : uncanny citizenship / / Hervé Tchumkam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0477-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

After the empire : the francophone world and postcolonial France

Disciplina

840.9/0092

Soggetti

French literature - 21st century - History and criticism

Literature and society - France - History - 21st century

Citizenship in literature

Postcolonialism in literature

Marginality, Social - France

Identity (Psychology) - France

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

Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Writing (from) the Banlieues; 2 Criminal Identities; 3 Recasting Juvenile Delinquency; 4 The Islamist Threat; 5 The Feminist Metaphor; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

State Power, Stigmatization, and Youth Resistance Culture in the French Banlieues: Uncanny Citizenship studies the invisibility of visible minorities in a space relegated to the periphery of major French cities.