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Algeria in France: Transpolitics, Race, and Nation

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Description for Algeria in France: Transpolitics, Race, and Nation Paperback. An ethnography of the Algerian presence in France and the transnational Berber movement. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b&w photos, 2 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.

Algerian migration to France began at the end of the 19th century, but in recent years France’s Algerian community has been the focus of a shifting public debate encompassing issues of unemployment, multiculturalism, Islam, and terrorism. In this finely crafted historical and anthropological study, Paul A. Silverstein examines a wide range of social and cultural forms—from immigration policy, colonial governance, and urban planning to corporate advertising, sports, literary narratives, and songs—for what they reveal about postcolonial Algerian subjectivities. Investigating the connection between anti-immigrant racism and the rise of Islamist and Berberist ideologies among the "second generation" ("Beurs"), he argues that ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
New Anthropologies of Europe
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253217127
SKU
V9780253217127
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About Paul A. Silverstein
Paul A. Silverstein is Professor of Anthropology at Reed College.

Reviews for Algeria in France: Transpolitics, Race, and Nation
"An insightful chronicle...." —John Bowen ".. admirably broad study...." —Times Literary Supplement "" — "... a remarkable work about the dislocating effects of modernity... sure to be influential in the fields of postcolonial theory, French politics, and migration studies." —David A. McMurray "[A] richly nuanced and informative [analysis] of France at the beginning of the twenty-first century." —Tyler Stovall, University ... Read more

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