Postcolonial minorities in Britain and France : in the hyphen of the nation-state / Shailja Sharma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharma, Shailja, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Great Britain--History.

Minorities.

Minorities--France--History.

History.

France.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

197 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Summary:

This book compares the postcolonial populations of Britain and France, examining the ways in which they are redefining citizenship. Bearing in mind the different histories and political systems of each country, it considers questions of national identity, values, the place of religion, secularism and public spaces - all integral to determining what makes a country a true nation. Recent security threats have made the debate around minorities and assimilation all the more pressing, and this book delves deep into the issues of feminism, Islam and group identities. It will be of interest to students and scholars of race, religion and migration studies.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction: migrants into minorities

Challenges to national citizenship

Postcolonial minorities and securitization

Race by any other name: Islam and the contestation of citizenship

The nation-state's wobbly hyphen: the backlash against multiculturalism

Bearers of tradition or oppressed minority?: women as citizens

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781784993993

1784993999

OCLC:

964290979