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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829397803321

Titolo

Frenchness and the African diaspora : identity and uprising in contemporary France / / edited by Charles Tshimanga, Didier Gondola, and Peter J. Bloom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-53974-4

9786612539749

0-253-00390-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 336 p

Altri autori (Persone)

TshimangaCharles

GondolaCh. Didier <1966->

BloomPeter J

Disciplina

305.896/044

Soggetti

African diaspora - France

National characteristics, French

Africans - France - Social conditions

Africans - France - Ethnic identity

Africans - France - Attitudes

Africans - Cultural assimilation - France

Popular culture - France

France Race relations

France Civilization African influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Examining Frenchness and the African Diaspora -- Part 1. Auto da fé: Understanding the 2005 Riots -- 1. Primitive Rebellion in the French Banlieues: On the Fall 2005 Riots -- 2. The Republic and Its Beast: On the Riots in the French Banlieues -- 3. Figures of Multiplicity: Can France Reinvent Its Identity? -- 4. Outsiders in the French Melting Pot:The Public Construction of Invisibility for Visible Minorities -- Part 2. Colonization, Citizenship, and Containment -- 5. From Imperial Inclusion to Republican Exclusion? France's Ambiguous Postwar



Trajectory -- 6. Colonial Syndrome: French Modern and the Deceptions of History -- 7. Transient Citizens: The Othering and Indigenization of Blacks and Beurs within the French Republic -- 8. The Law of February 23, 2005:The Uses Made of the Revival of France's "Colonial Grandeur" -- Part 3. Visions and Tensions of Frenchness -- 9. A Conservative Revolution within Secularism:The Ideological Premises and Social Effects of the March 15, 2004, "Anti-Headscarf" Law -- 10. Zidane: Portrait of the Artist as Political Avatar -- 11. The State of French Cultural Exceptionalism: The 2005 Uprisings and the Politics of Visibility -- 12. Let the Music Play: The African Diaspora, Popular Culture, and National Identity in Contemporary France -- Appendix 1 A Call to Action: "We Are the Natives of the Republic!" -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In 2005, following the death of two youths of African origin, France erupted in a wave of violent protest. More than 10,000 automobiles were burned or stoned, hundreds of public buildings were vandalized or burned to the ground, and hundreds of people were injured. Charles Tshimanga, Didier Gondola, Peter J. Bloom, and a group of international scholars seek to understand the causes and consequences of these momentous events, while examining how the concept of Frenchness has been reshaped by the African diaspora in France and the colonial legacy.