Description
Book SynopsisUrban marginalisation, police violence and institutional discrimination in modern France
Trade Review'In this sweeping and erudite account, Paul Silverstein takes us a hundred years back to the colonial days before bringing us forward to the current era of La Haine, La Fouine, Zidane and Charlie Hebdo... a terrific introduction to French youth culture and the republic's unfinished struggle for egalite' -- Hisham Aidi, author of Rebel Music: Race, Empire and the New Muslim Youth Culture (Pantheon), Winner of the American Book Award in 2015
'Paul Silverstein is one of the foremost living exponents of historical anthropology, and this is his masterpiece.' -- Brian Klug, Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Oxford, Author of Being Jewish and Doing Justice
'Few people writing in English understand the complex situations - and the urgent stakes - of being Muslim in France today better than Paul Silverstein' -- Moustafa Bayoumi, author of How Does it Feel to be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America (Penguin)
'What Paul Silverstein offers here is an insightful analysis of French contemporary postcoloniality, which is group-based as well as individual-based ... his empirical and theoretical approach makes this very recommended reading to scholars and students of France alike' -- Olivier Esteves, Assistant Professor in British Studies, Lille III university
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
Introduction: Whither Postcolonial France?
1. Mobile Subjects
2. How Does It Feel to Be the Crisis?
3. The Muslim and the Jew
4. Dangerous Signs: Charlie Hebdo and Dieudonne
5. Anxious Football
6. Tracing Places: Parkour and Urban Space
7. Hip-Hop Nations
Conclusion: Postcolonial Love
Notes
References
Index
