{"product_id":"constructing-muslims-in-france-discourse-public-identity-and-the-politics-of-citizenship-paperback-softback-9781439910290","title":"Constructing Muslims in France; Discourse, Public Identity, and the Politics of Citizenship (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439910290","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConstructing Muslims in France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDiscourse, Public Identity, and the Politics of Citizenship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJennifer Fredette (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439910290\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"With xenophobia and anti-immigrant narratives gaining currency is Europe and elsewhere, Fredette's study is extremely pertinent in its unraveling of the bleak underbellies of republicanism, democracy and the modern nation state in itself. Rightly locating the anti-Muslim discourse as a narrative and affirmative ideology in France, what earmarks Fredette's study is her intersectional positionality – addressing simultaneously race, gender and ethnic locations of immigrants. Breaking through the homogeneity of official claims on Muslim religiosity, Fredette has moved beyond – with the interviewees at times appropriating or even negating their hybrid identities.\"--\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/temple.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e49e3b3e54d82f4290d30fc59\u0026amp;id=b4933b3b85\u0026amp;e=56304c9a5b\"' target='\"_blank\"'\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthropology Book Forum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eConstructing Muslims in France, \u003c\/i\u003eJennifer 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 \u003ci\u003esine qua non\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePresenting 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Abbreviations\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 1  Introduction: Why Do We Ask Whether Muslims Can Be French?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 2  Elusive Citizenship: The Consequences of an Undesirable Public Identity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 3  Claiming Membership: French Muslim Identities, Political Goals, and Repertoires of Contention\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 4  Education: The (Undelivered?) Promise of Republican Equality\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 5  Employment: The Muslim Experience in (and out of) the Workplace\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 6  Housing: The Banlieues as a Geographic and Socially Constructed Place\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 7  The Contentious Concept of Frenchness: French Muslims Embracing, Reimagining, but Not Rejecting the Republican Triad\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Appendix: Sample Questionnaire\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Notes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e References\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584908226840,"sku":"9781439910290","price":20.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/constructing-muslims-in-france-discourse-public-identity-and-the-politics-of-citizenship-paperback-softback-9781439910290","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}