African Immigrant Families in Another France [[electronic resource] /] / by L. Bass |
Autore | Bass L |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (205 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.896/044 |
Collana | Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship |
Soggetto topico |
Social policy
Ethnicity Culture—Study and teaching Ethnology—Africa Sociology Emigration and immigration Social Policy Ethnicity Studies Cultural and Media Studies, general African Culture Sociology, general Migration |
ISBN |
1-349-34854-6
1-137-31392-7 |
Classificazione | SOC007000SOC008000SOC031000SOC032000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half-Title ; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part I African Immigrants and France; Introduction to Part I; 1 Introduction - " Another France"; Plan of book; 2 Why Study Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in France?; Imperative of this research; Policy responses to integration issues; A need for African women's and youths' perspectives on integration; Increasing numbers of Sub-Saharan African immigrants in France; Individuals and methods of this study; Plan of analysis; 3 A Post-Colonial Bouillabaisse : Africans in France - Context and Theory
A post-colonial bouillabaisse with Africans(Under)counting Sub-Saharan Africans in France; Identity, citizenship, and an ostrich policy for Sub-Saharan Africans; Trouble in the 'burbs; Phantom fathers, single mothers, and the French social safety net; Practical and theoretical approaches to integration; "Assimilation" and "racialization," and segmented assimilation; Cultural-materialist framework; Part II Structural and Cultural Considerations; Introduction to Part II; 4 Social Structures Shaping Immigrant Integration - "The Power of Skin"; Blocked by state bureaucracy Immigrant policies over the past two decadesInteraction with the state - equal protections in law and practice; The state, formalities, and finding an apartment; Limited by labor-market opportunities; The night shift hampers family functioning; "Colorism" translates into obstructed labor-market opportunity; Race status and the conveyance of immigrant status; Racism in work, school, and play; Being black in France; Contesting structural inequality; Summary - structurally and socially dislocated; 5 Cultural Differences, Asserting Oneself, and Religion - "Take Your Place" Comprehending cultural differencesHow can you protect your children from the individualism here?; The individual and individualism before family; Parenting differences, protecting children, and identity formation; Comprehending cultural difference and identity formation; Negotiating one's place in France; Asserting oneself or "take your place"; Negotiating a morally superior position and/or identity; Religion as culture and structure; Religion as a normative force; La laïcité in the law and practice; Relational problems - "churches were closed" or "they did not write the Koran well" Religion as a cultural resource6 Identity and Integration of Youth - "French on the Inside"; Identity - "French on the inside, African on the out"; Religion - "children need church"; The intersection of race and immigrant statuses - "we are different ... not French"; Education - "there were no blacks in my class after the bac "; Economic opportunity - "race marks immigrants ... they will not offer you a position"; Integration, discrimination, and "outsider" status; Identity formation - the making of the Clichy-sous-Bois riots; Culture of non-acceptance; Structurally hampered Youth identity - "we have to take our place" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787820103321 |
Bass L | ||
London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African Immigrant Families in Another France / / by L. Bass |
Autore | Bass L |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (205 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.896/044 |
Collana | Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship |
Soggetto topico |
Social policy
Ethnicity Culture—Study and teaching Ethnology—Africa Sociology Emigration and immigration Social Policy Ethnicity Studies Cultural and Media Studies, general African Culture Sociology, general Migration |
ISBN |
1-349-34854-6
1-137-31392-7 |
Classificazione | SOC007000SOC008000SOC031000SOC032000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half-Title ; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part I African Immigrants and France; Introduction to Part I; 1 Introduction - " Another France"; Plan of book; 2 Why Study Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in France?; Imperative of this research; Policy responses to integration issues; A need for African women's and youths' perspectives on integration; Increasing numbers of Sub-Saharan African immigrants in France; Individuals and methods of this study; Plan of analysis; 3 A Post-Colonial Bouillabaisse : Africans in France - Context and Theory
A post-colonial bouillabaisse with Africans(Under)counting Sub-Saharan Africans in France; Identity, citizenship, and an ostrich policy for Sub-Saharan Africans; Trouble in the 'burbs; Phantom fathers, single mothers, and the French social safety net; Practical and theoretical approaches to integration; "Assimilation" and "racialization," and segmented assimilation; Cultural-materialist framework; Part II Structural and Cultural Considerations; Introduction to Part II; 4 Social Structures Shaping Immigrant Integration - "The Power of Skin"; Blocked by state bureaucracy Immigrant policies over the past two decadesInteraction with the state - equal protections in law and practice; The state, formalities, and finding an apartment; Limited by labor-market opportunities; The night shift hampers family functioning; "Colorism" translates into obstructed labor-market opportunity; Race status and the conveyance of immigrant status; Racism in work, school, and play; Being black in France; Contesting structural inequality; Summary - structurally and socially dislocated; 5 Cultural Differences, Asserting Oneself, and Religion - "Take Your Place" Comprehending cultural differencesHow can you protect your children from the individualism here?; The individual and individualism before family; Parenting differences, protecting children, and identity formation; Comprehending cultural difference and identity formation; Negotiating one's place in France; Asserting oneself or "take your place"; Negotiating a morally superior position and/or identity; Religion as culture and structure; Religion as a normative force; La laïcité in the law and practice; Relational problems - "churches were closed" or "they did not write the Koran well" Religion as a cultural resource6 Identity and Integration of Youth - "French on the Inside"; Identity - "French on the inside, African on the out"; Religion - "children need church"; The intersection of race and immigrant statuses - "we are different ... not French"; Education - "there were no blacks in my class after the bac "; Economic opportunity - "race marks immigrants ... they will not offer you a position"; Integration, discrimination, and "outsider" status; Identity formation - the making of the Clichy-sous-Bois riots; Culture of non-acceptance; Structurally hampered Youth identity - "we have to take our place" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823096403321 |
Bass L | ||
London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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