L. Bass

African Immigrant Families in Another France (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Immigrant incorporation is a critical challenge for France and other European societies today. Black Africans migrants are racialized and endowed with an immigrant status, which carries low status and is durable into the second generation. This book elucidates the conflict and issues pertinent to social integration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 187
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137313928
• Artikelnr.: 41836388

Autorenporträt

Loretta E. Bass is Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma, USA. Her research interests include demographic processes, stratification and childhood studies. Her book publications include The Well-Being, Peer Cultures and Rights of Children (2011), Sociological Studies of Children and Youth (2005), and Child Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS AND FRANCE 1. Introduction - 'Another France' 2. Why Study Sub-Saharan Black African Immigrants in France? 3. A Post-colonial Bouillabaisse: Africans in France - Context and Theory PART II: STRUCTURAL AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS 4. Social Structures Shaping Immigrant Integration - 'The Power of Skin' 5. Cultural Differences, Asserting Oneself, and Religion - 'Take Your Place' 6. Identity and the Integration of Youth - 'French on the Inside' PART III: THEORIZING INTEGRATION AND CONCLUSIONS 7. Conclusions - Inequality, (Dis)Location and Sub-Saharan African Inclusion

Rezensionen

"Focused on sub-Saharan African immigrant women and their families in France, African Immigrant Families in Another France illustrates the structural and cultural markers which characterize these immigrants' integration experiences. ... African Immigrant Families in Another France provides a helpful overview of a population often neglected in studies of migration in Western Europe." (Jean Beaman, International Migrant Review, 2016)