{"product_id":"frenchness-and-the-african-diaspora-9780253221315","title":"Frenchness and the African Diaspora","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. This book seeks to understand the causes and consequences of these events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[This] compilation offers a wide perspective on the history and contemporary reality of French immigrant life and the prospects for future race relations in France. . . . [It] will be an important source of information on a pivotal moment in recent French history.Vol. 42, No. 1, Spring 2011\u003c\/p\u003e * Research in African Literatures *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssential in order to accurately contextualize the complex reformulation of identities on the European landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dominic Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn important contribution to scholarship dealing with contemporary France and post-colonial identities.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Lydie Moudileno * University of Pennsylvania *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Frenchness and the African Diaspora\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1. Auto da fé: Understanding the 2005 Riots\u003cbr\u003e 1. Primitive Rebellion in the French Banlieues: On the Fall 2005 Riots \/ Didier Lapeyronnie\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Republic and Its Beast: On the Riots in the French Banlieues \/ Achille Mbembe\u003cbr\u003e 3. Figures of Multiplicity: Can France Reinvent Its Identity? \/ Achille Mbembe \u003cbr\u003e 4. Outsiders in the French Melting Pot: The Public Construction of Invisibility for Visible Minorities \/ Ahmed Boubeker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2. Colonization, Citizenship, and Containment\u003cbr\u003e 5. From Imperial Inclusion to Republican Exclusion? France's Ambiguous Postwar Trajectory \/ Frederick Cooper\u003cbr\u003e 6. Colonial Syndrome: French Modern and the Deceptions of History \/ Florence Bernault 7. Transient Citizens: The Othering and Indigenization of Blacks and Beurs within the French République \/ Didier Gondola\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Law of February 23, 2005: The Uses Made of the Revival of France's \"Colonial Grandeur\" \/ Nicolas Bancel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3. Visions and Tensions of Frenchness\u003cbr\u003e 9. A Conservative Revolution within Secularism: The Ideological Premises and Social Effects of the March 15, 2004, \"Anti-Headscarf\" Law \/ Pierre Tévanian\u003cbr\u003e 10. Zidane: Portrait of the Artist as Political Avatar \/ Nacira Guénif-Souilamas\u003cbr\u003e 11. The State of French Cultural Exceptionalism: The 2005 Uprisings and the Politics of Visibility \/ Peter J. Bloom\u003cbr\u003e 12. Let the Music Play: The African Diaspora, Popular Culture, and National Identity in Contemporary France \/ Charles Tshimanga\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 1 A Call to Action: \"We Are the Natives of the Republic!\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400661246295,"sku":"9780253221315","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253221315.jpg?v=1730471233","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/frenchness-and-the-african-diaspora-9780253221315","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}