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Collective Terms : Race, Culture, and Community in a State-Planned City in France / Beth S. Epstein.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies ; 10Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780857450845
  • 9780857450852
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.1/41408900944367
LOC classification:
  • HN49.C6 E77 2011
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. Collective Terms -- Chapter 1 Urban Plans -- Chapter 2 Community Ties -- Chapter 3 To Be Exclu -- Chapter 4 Race-Conscious and Race-Blind: A Housing Crisis -- Chapter 5 The Common Good: Parents, Teachers, and the Public Schools -- Chapter 6 Having Culture -- Conclusion. In Other Words -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The banlieue, the mostly poor and working-class suburbs located on the outskirts of major cities in France, gained international media attention in late 2005 when riots broke out in some 250 such towns across the country. Pitting first- and second-generation immigrant teenagers against the police, the riots were an expression of the multiplicity of troubles that have plagued these districts for decades. This study provides an ethnographic account of life in a Parisian banlieue and examines how the residents of this multiethnic city come together to build, define, and put into practice their collective life. The book focuses on the French ideal of integration and its consequences within the multicultural context of contemporary France. Based on research conducted in a state-planned ville nouvelle, or New Town, the book also provides a view on how the French state has used urban planning to shore up national priorities for social integration. Collective Terms proposes an alternative reading of French multiculturalism, suggesting fresh ways for thinking through the complex mix of race, class, nation, and culture that increasingly defines the modern urban experience.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. Collective Terms -- Chapter 1 Urban Plans -- Chapter 2 Community Ties -- Chapter 3 To Be Exclu -- Chapter 4 Race-Conscious and Race-Blind: A Housing Crisis -- Chapter 5 The Common Good: Parents, Teachers, and the Public Schools -- Chapter 6 Having Culture -- Conclusion. In Other Words -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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The banlieue, the mostly poor and working-class suburbs located on the outskirts of major cities in France, gained international media attention in late 2005 when riots broke out in some 250 such towns across the country. Pitting first- and second-generation immigrant teenagers against the police, the riots were an expression of the multiplicity of troubles that have plagued these districts for decades. This study provides an ethnographic account of life in a Parisian banlieue and examines how the residents of this multiethnic city come together to build, define, and put into practice their collective life. The book focuses on the French ideal of integration and its consequences within the multicultural context of contemporary France. Based on research conducted in a state-planned ville nouvelle, or New Town, the book also provides a view on how the French state has used urban planning to shore up national priorities for social integration. Collective Terms proposes an alternative reading of French multiculturalism, suggesting fresh ways for thinking through the complex mix of race, class, nation, and culture that increasingly defines the modern urban experience.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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