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Author Fredette, Jennifer, author.

Title Constructing Muslims in France : discourse, public identity, and the politics of citizenship / Jennifer Fredette.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages) : illustrations
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Series Knowledge Unlatched.
Open Access e-Books.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205) and index.
Contents Elusive citizenship -- Claiming membership : French Muslim identities, political goals, and repertoires of contention -- Education -- Employment -- Housing -- The contentious concept of Frenchness.
Note Print version record.
Summary The standing of French Muslims is undercut by a predominant and persistent elite public discourse that frames Muslims as failed and incomplete French citizens. This situation fosters the very separations, exclusions, and hierarchies it claims to deplore as Muslims face discrimination in education, housing, and employment. In Constructing Muslims in France, Jennifer Fredette provides a deft empirical analysis to show the political diversity and complicated identity politics of this relatively new population. She examines the public identity of French Muslims and evaluates images in popular media to show how stereotyped notions of racial and religious differences pervade French public discourse. While rights may be a sine qua non for fighting legal and political inequality, Fredette shows that additional tools such as media access are needed to combat social inequality, particularly when it comes in the form of unfavorable discursive frames and public disrespect. Presenting the conflicting views of French national identity, Fredette shows how Muslims strive to gain recognition of their diverse views and backgrounds and find full equality as French citizens.
Note This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Language English.
Subject Muslims -- France -- Social conditions.
Muslims -- France -- Ethnic identity.
France -- Ethnic relations.
Political science and theory.
Politics and government.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Ethnic relations
Muslims -- Ethnic identity
Muslims -- Social conditions
France https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJd8gD4vdtqQMdQHvYqbBP
In: Knowledge Unlatched
Other Form: Print version: Fredette, Jennifer. Constructing Muslims in France. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014 9781439910283 (DLC) 2013014468 (OCoLC)842209214
ISBN 9781439910306 (electronic bk.)
1439910308 (electronic bk.)
9781439910283 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1439910286 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781439910290 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1439910294 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard No. 40023414416
AU@ 000052921324
AU@ 000059665541
AU@ 000060582107
AU@ 000094903453
DEBSZ 431606161
GBVCP 1008660701
GBVCP 103056020X
NLGGC 372491340
NZ1 15500151

 
    
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