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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807220303321

Autore

Thomas Dominic Richard David

Titolo

Black France [[electronic resource] ] : Colonialism, Immigration, and Transnationalism / / Dominic Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007

ISBN

9786612073007

1-282-07300-1

0-253-11221-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

African expressive cultures

Disciplina

305.896044

Soggetti

Multiculturalism - France

Africans - France

Black people - France - Social conditions

Black people - Race identity - France

Black people - France

France Ethnic relations

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 (p. [261]-291) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Black France in transcolonial contexts -- Francocentrism and the acquisition of cultural capital -- Textual ownership and the global mediation of blackness -- Rhetorical mediations of slavery -- Afro-parisianism and African feminisms -- Fashion matters : La sape and vestimentary codes in transnational contexts and urban diasporas -- African youth in the global economy.

Sommario/riassunto

""[W]ithout a doubt one of the most important studies so far completed on literature in French grounded in the experiences of migrants of sub-Saharan African origin."" -- Alec Hargreaves, Florida State University France has always hosted a rich and vibrant black                presence within its borders. But recent violent events have raised questions about France's treatment of ethnic minorities. Challenging the identity politics that have set immigrants against the mainstream, Black France explores how black