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Negotiating identities : states and immigrants in France and Germany / Riva Kastoryano ; translated by Barbara Harshav.

LIBRA JV7925 .K3713 2002
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kastoryano, Riva.
Series:
Princeton studies in cultural sociology
Standardized Title:
France, l'Allemagne et leurs immigrés. English
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Identity (Psychology).
Emigration and immigration.
France--Emigration and immigration.
France.
Citizenship--France.
Citizenship.
Identity (Psychology)--France.
Germany--Emigration and immigration.
Germany.
Citizenship--Germany.
Identity (Psychology)--Germany.
United States--Emigration and immigration.
Local Subjects:
United States--Emigration and immigration.
Physical Description:
xii, 227 pages ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2002]
Language Note:
Translated from the French.
Summary:
Immigration is even more hotly debated in Europe than in the United States. In this pivotal work of action and discourse analysis, Riva Kastoryano draws on extensive fieldwork -- including interviews with politicians, immigrant leaders, and militants -- to analyze interactions between states and immigrants in France and Germany. Making frequent comparisons to the United States, she delineates the role of states in constructing group identities and measures the impact of immigrant organization and mobilization on national identity.
Contents:
France, Germany, and the United States 2
Negotiating Identities 3
The Nation-State in Crisis 6
Citizenship and Multiculturalism 8
Methodology 11
Chapter 1 The War of Words 15
On the Immigrant 16
Boundaries of Identity or "Threshold of Tolerance" 19
The Battle of Numbers 20
Who Is Who? 22
"The Right of Difference" or "Praise of Indifference" 26
Between Assimilation and Return 30
The Era of Communities 34
Chapter 2 Representation of Political Traditions 38
On the Nature of Representation: An "Ideal Nation" 40
Integration "a la francaise" 40
Dream of German Unity 43
"E Pluribus Unum" 45
The Search for Social Cohesion 46
Religions and Social Cohesion 47
Defining New Solidarities 51
Limits of Representation 53
The Category of Experience 53
Representation Stops at the Law 58
Chapter 3 The Territories of Identity 64
Incompatible Equations 65
The Ethnicization of Territory 68
Suburbs in France: Places Managed by Tension 69
"Colonies" of Turks in Germany 71
Area and Era of Tensions 72
Social Immobility and "Ghettos" 72
Violence, Rage, and Fears 74
In Search of the Social Bond 75
Universality and Ethnicity 76
Redefining Solidarities in France 78
A "Multicultural" Germany 82
Chapter 4 The Invention of the Cultural 85
The Reappropriation of a Cultural Identity in France 86
The Assertion of Cultural Identity in Germany 89
"Islam Is Everywhere!" 92
An Imagined Transnational Cultural Community 96
Chapter 5 The Politicization of Identities in France 99
The Emergence of New Divisions 101
Republican Rhetoric 101
The Emergence of an Ethnic Market 103
Forming a Community 106
"Thwarting Islam" 106
"Forming a Muslim Community" 107
Between the Mosque and the School 110
The Recall of the Universal 112
French Laicite 112
Islam in the Feminine 113
Chapter 6 The Politicization of Identities in Germany 117
Religious Pluralism and Islam 119
Between the Head Scarf and the Crucifix 119
A Place for Islam 121
The Construction of an Ethnic Community 123
The Impossible Religious Community 123
In Search of a National Community 125
Ethnic or Minority Community 128
The Construction of a National Minority 129
A Minority in the Minority 136
Chapter 7 The Negotiation of Identities 140
The Question of Citizenship 142
Citizenship and Political Commitment 143
Citizenship, Nationality, and Identity 145
A Question of Recognition 151
A French Islam 151
A Turkish Minority in Germany 156
Chapter 11 The European Union: New Space for Negotiating Identities 164
Universality and Particularity 165
Rights of Solidarity, Rights of Minorities 166
Between Market and Union 168
The Issue of Sovereignty 169
Transnationality and Nationality 170
Transnational Strategies and National Realities 171
The Immigrant Forum 172
The Informal Networks and Islam 173
"Postnational Citizenship" and European Identity 175
Institutional Practices and European Identity 176
Nationality or European Citizenship? 178
Paradoxes 181
The Limits of Recognition 183
Inclusive Indifference 184.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-220) and index.
ISBN:
0691010145
0691010153
OCLC:
47964760

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