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Postcolonial France: Race, Islam, and the Future of the Republic

Postcolonial France: Race, Islam, and the Future of the Republic

Silverstein, Paul

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AnthropologyFrench HistoryGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0745337740
ISBN13: 9780745337746
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: May 20 2018
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
France is a bellwether for the postcolonial anxieties and populist politics emerging across the world today. This book explores the dynamics and dilemmas of the present moment of crisis and hope in France, through an exploration of recent moral panics. Taking stock of the tensions as they have emerged over the last quarter of a century, Paul Silverstein looks at urban racial violence, female Islamic dress and male public prayer, anti-system gangster rap, and sporting performances in and around which debates over France's multicultural future have arisen. It traces these conflicts to the unresolved tensions of an imperial project, the present-day effects of which are still felt by many. Despite the barriers, which include neo-nationalist racism and Islamophobia, French citizens of various backgrounds have found ways to build flourishing lives. Silverstein shows how they have responded to urban marginalisation, police violence and institutional discrimination in remarkably creative ways.

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