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Record Nr.

UNISA996556964403316

Autore

Martin Lawrence M.

Titolo

Foreigners in Their Own Country : Identity and Rejection in France / / Lawrence M. Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

1-80539-080-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Disciplina

305.800944

Soggetti

Asians - France

Belonging (Social psychology) - France

Black people - France

Children of immigrants - France - Ethnic identity

Colorism - France

National characteristics, French

North Africans - France

Race relations - France

Social integration - France

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I -- Chapter 1 Maghrebis: Making Their Way in French Society -- Chapter 2 Black in a White World -- Chapter 3 Neither Maghrebi nor Black -- PART II -- Chapter 4 Feeling Inferior, Fearing Rejection -- Chapter 5 Romantic Attraction and Marriage -- Chapter 6 To Be Muslim, or Assumed to Be Muslim -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on in-depth interviews with people throughout France who trace their origins to non-European countries, Foreigners in Their Own Country reports on the experience of not being seen as “French” because of one’s physical appearance. Paying close attention to how individuals speak about themselves and their feelings of acceptance or



rejection, this book provides an intimate account of the challenges faced by the millions of people in France—and throughout Western Europe—who fully participate in the life of their country but are often not seen as belonging there.