The Politics of Integration : Law, Race and Literature in Post-War Britain and France / Chloe A. Gill-Khan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gill-Khan, Chloe A., author.

Series:

Studies in migration and diaspora.

Studies in Migration and Diaspora

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture--Study and teaching--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Culture.

Culture--Study and teaching--France--History--21st century.

Minorities--Study and teaching--Great Britain.

Minorities.

Minorities--Study and teaching--France.

Great Britain--Race relations--Government policy.

Great Britain.

France--Race relations--Government policy.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

"After almost seven decades, Britain and France, nation's with divergent political cultures and heirs to contrasting philosophies of 'integration', have proclaimed the failure to integrate their post-war ethnic minorities: at this present time, the 'Muslim'. The 'argument' of this book, therefore, is a question: despite the legal, political and social commitments that emerged from the events of the Holocaust, why do both nation's continue to govern minorities on the sites of the law and race? Through comparative readings of British Asian and Franco-Maghrebian literatures, the author examines the contours and patterns of British and French post-war governance and racism over four decades. Departing from prevailing theories in postcolonial studies that situate post-war racism within the narrative of colonialism or the politics of the nation-state, The Politics of Integration shows how we must re-appraise the inter-war histories of minorities if we are to ask more meaningful questions about the present. We are invited to take stock of how well theorization of post-war ethnic populations and their politics have served us in terms of asking: what does history tell us, and how and where do we - Europe and its minorities - go from here? As such, the book will appeal to scholars in multiple disciplines in the humanities and social sciences such as history, philosophy, literature, cultural and postcolonial studies. "--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

part PART I Anchors

chapter 1 Anchoring the self

chapter 2 The ‘Dark Continent’: minorities, race and the law in Europe

part PART II Justice

chapter 3 Ziggurat shadows: time, space, memories and justice

part PART III Love

chapter 4 Garments of love: healing men and women

part PART IV The self

chapter 5 Khudi: the self in Europe

part PART V Departure

chapter 6 Embarkations of the self.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 20, 2017).

ISBN:

1-317-13972-0

1-315-58087-X

1-317-13971-2

9781315580876

OCLC:

1005696620