Collective Terms

Race, Culture, and Community in a State-Planned City in France
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-85745-084-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Epstein, Beth S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction: Collective Terms

Chapter 2. Urban Plans

Chapter 3. Community Ties

Chapter 4. To be Exclu

Chapter 5. Race-Conscious & Race-Blind: A Housing Crisis

Chapter 6. The Common Good: Parents, Teachers, and the Public Schools

Chapter 7. Having Culture

Chapter 8. Conclusion : In Other Words

Appendix

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Epstein, Beth S.
Beth S. Epstein has lived and worked in France as a filmmaker and anthropologist since the early 1990s. She is Assistant Director for Academic Affairs at NYU in France.

Beth S. Epstein has lived and worked in France as a filmmaker and anthropologist since the early 1990s. She is Assistant Director for Academic Affairs at NYU in France.