Abdellali Hajjat

Wretched of France

The 1983 March for Equality and Against Racism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Translated into English for the first time, The Wretched of France contemplates the protest's lasting significance in France as well as its impact within the context of larger and comparable movements for civil rights, particularly in the US.

Produktdetails

• Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780253059871
• ISBN-10: 0253059879
• Artikelnr.: 61259381

Autorenporträt

Abdellali Hajjat is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and member of the Group for Research on Ethnic Relations, Migration and Equality. He published Les frontières de l'"identité nationale" and (with Marwan Mohammed) French Islamophobia: How the Elites Forged the "Muslim Problem".

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Protest March as an Index of Social and Racial Tensions
in France
1. The Laboratory of Les Minguettes: The Micro-History of a Working-Class
District
2. Riots or Rebellions? 'Urban Youths' on the Borders of the Political
3. The Fear of Rebellion
4. The Unlikely Construction of an Anti-Racist National Consensus
5. The Ambiguities of the Parisian Apotheosis
6. Divided Memories
Conclusion: After the March: The Challenges of Postcolonial Politics
Afterword: From 1983 to 2020: Reflections on an Enduring Problem of Racism
and Revolt
Appendices
Bibliography
Index