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

Fredette, Jennifer

Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple Univ.Press, 2014

Online-Ressource (232 pages)

Englisch

Description based upon print version of record

Druckausg.: Constructing Muslims in France / Fredette, Jennifer [GNDNR:1050012704]

978-1-4399-1028-3 ( (cloth : alk. paper)); 978-1-4399-1029-0 ( (pbk. : alk. paper)); 978-1-4399-1030-6 ( (e-book))

OCoLC: 960769059     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Kostenfrei zugänglich ohne Registrierung)

URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:5-93773

BE 8607  | MS 3550      Ähnliche Literatur

DC34

305.6/970944

Basisklassifikation: 11.80 (Islam: Allgemeines) ; 73.73 (Ethnische Identität) <Ethnologie>

Fachinformationsdienst(e): FID-NAHOST-DE-3

*Frankreich ; Muslim ; Ethnische Identität      Zum Register

*Frankreich ; Islam ; Soziale Integration      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Muslims -- France -- Social conditions ; Muslims -- France -- Ethnic identity ; France -- Ethnic relations

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 med

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Elusive citizenship -- Claiming membership : French Muslim identities, political goals, and repertoires of contention -- Education -- Employment -- Housing -- The contentious concept of Frenchness