State Power, Stigmatization, and Youth Resistance Culture in the French Banlieues

Uncanny Citizenship

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Av Hervé Tchumkam, Herve Tchumkam, Hervé Anderson Tchumkam, Hervé

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State Power, Stigmatization, and Youth Resistance Culture in the French Banlieues: Uncanny Citizenship foregrounds the literary, sociological, and political structures of urban literature in France. It uses postcolonial theory, sociology, and political philosophy to investigate the modalities surrounding the question of citizenship in a country where citizens of African descent are not only considered a threat to national identity, but also caught between inclusion and exclusion. By examining the literary, sociological, and political structures of urban literatures produced after the 2005 riots, this book interrogates the questions of citizenship, belonging, and coexistence in a context where literature from the "periphery" has become a site where "central" political power and "mainstream" French literary canons are contested. Moreover, these productions clearly reveal an unexplored correlation between geo-aesthetics and contemporary French national geopolitics. Ultimately, this book is a plea for a serious approach to social formation in postcolonial France in a way that transcends skin color, and instead is based on a shared colonial past, as well as current social disqualifications.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-04-11
Mått152 x 223 x 15 mm
Vikt299 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAfter the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
Antal sidor206
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498504768

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TABLE OF CONTENTSChapter one: Introduction: Writing (from) the BanlieuesChapter Two: Criminal IdentitiesBanlieue ParadesViolence, Alterity on the Inside, and Second-Class CitizenshipChapter Three: Recasting Juvenile DelinquencyChronicle of Youth in the GalleyFrom Social Disqualification to DelinquencyChapter Four: The Islamist ThreatTerrorist in spite of Himself: The Amalgamation of Religion, Ethnicity, and TopographyThe Enemy Within: Islam and Integration in FranceChapter Five: The Feminist MetaphorOderint Dum Metuant: Feminine Revolt, Urban (Dis) Order, and Rights of CitizenshipTransgressive Women, Gender Democracy, and Rediscovery of the Ordinary in the Banlieues Conclusion: Urban Riots and Youth Resistance in the Banlieue: Towards a Coming Community Bibliography

More than ever before, recent terrorist attacks in Paris have brought worldwide attention to violence and the citizenship debate. What are the dynamics that are likely to lead a citizen to violence? How can social frustration and religion express themselves when one does not have the floor to articulate one’s opinion? Uncanny Citizenship provides a key to understanding the genesis of these issues in France in the sense that the author builds his framework on literary, philosophical, sociological, political, and historical theories in order to shed light on these questions. . . .[T]his book is an excellent entrée to the debate about violence, citizenship, identity, and representations of Muslims in France. Indeed, its various contributions improve the academic discourse and open new venues for French banlieues literature as well. I highly recommend Uncanny Citizenship to readers and scholars of different horizons.