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Book SynopsisA sociological study of the cultural choices and identity negotiation of North African women immigrants in France.
Trade Review"In addition to the powerful first-hand accounts of te North African women immigrants, the book provides carefully researched informaiton and clear insight, both in the text and the extensive notes, into the immigrant presence and, more generally, into contemporary French culture...
North African Women in France offers something of value to a wide range of readers." --
French Review"This book is an important contribution to the study of North African immigration to France. In offering these women the opportunity to tell their own stories of migration and recount their struggles over 'adaptation' in France, Caitlin Killian does a great service to anyone interested in broad issues of immigration, incorporation, and the negotiation of gender categories in the larger Muslim world." -- Paul Silverstein * Reed College *
"Killian makes a worthy contribution to our understanding of first generation North African women who immigrated to France. She illuminates many aspects of the identity work they engage in, as they respond to racism and discrimination. The interviews are fascinating, revealing worlds that are often incommensurable with what many of us take for granted." -- Michèle Lamont * Harvard University, author of
The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class and Immigration *
Table of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgments iii @toc2:Introduction 1 Chapter 1 North Africans in France 000 Chapter 2 Crossing the Street: Gendered Lives from the Maghreb to France 000 Chapter 3 Everywhere There Is Good and Bad: Cultural Choices 000 Chapter 4 Wherever I Go, I Have My House: Identity Negotiation 000 Chapter 5 You Have to Be a Fighter: Coping with Problems in France 000 Chapter 6 You Can't Transplant a Flower Twice: Children and the Future 000 Conclusion Closed Doors and Opened Doors 000 @toc4:Appendix 1: Methodology 000 Appendix 2: Participants 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
