Islamophobia in France : the construction of the "Muslim problem" / Abdellali Hajjat and Marwan Mohammed ; translated by Steve Garner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hajjat, Abdellali, author.

Mohammed, Marwan, author.

Contributor:

Garner, Steve, translator.

Series:

Sociology of race and ethnicity.

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamophobia--France--History.

Islamophobia.

Islam--Study and teaching--France.

Islam.

Islam and politics--France.

Islam and politics.

Muslims--France--Social conditions.

Muslims.

France--Ethnic relations.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2023]

Summary:

"In 2004 France banned Muslim women from wearing veils in school. In 2010 France passed legislation that banned the wearing of clothing in public that covered the face, mainly to target women who wore burqas. President Emmanuel Macron has stated that the hijab is not in accordance with French ideals. Islamophobia in France takes many forms, both explicit and implicit, and often appears to be sanctioned by the governing bodies themselves. These cultural biases reveal how the Muslim population acts as a scapegoat for the problematic status of immigrants in France more generally. Islamophobia in France is an English translation of Abdellali Hajjat and Marwan Mohammed's Islamophobie: Comment les elites franc'aises fabriquent le "probleme musulman." In this groundbreaking book, Hajjat and Mohammed argue that Islamophobia in France is not the result of individual prejudice or supposed Muslim cultural or racial deficiencies but rather arose out of structures of power and control already in place in France. Hajjat and Mohammed analyze how French elites deploy Islamophobia as a state technology for contesting and controlling the presence of specific groups of postcolonial immigrants and their descendants in contemporary France. With a new introduction for U.S. readers, the authors unpack the data on Islamophobia in France and offer a portrait of how it functions in contemporary society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Realities of Islamophobia

Chapter 1. Islamophobia as a Social Ordeal

Chapter 2. Measuring Islamophobia

Chapter 3. From Negative Opinions to Discriminatory Acts

Part II. A History of the Concept of Islamophobia

Chapter 4. From Anti-Orientalism to the Runnymede Trust

Chapter 5. Academic Research

Part III. The Construction of the ""Muslim Problem

Chapter 6. The Postcolonial Immigration ""Problem

Chapter 7. (Lack of) Knowledge about Islam

Chapter 8. The Islamophobic Political Cause

Chapter 9. Legal Discrimination by a Capillary-Like Process

Chapter 10. The Depoliticization of Violence and the Politics of Compensation

Part IV. Compiling an "Anti-Muslim Archive"

Chapter 11. Construction and Circulations of European Representations of Islam and Muslims

Chapter 12. Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia

Part V. Islamophobia: Denial versus Recognition

Chapter 13. TheDenial of Islamophobia

Chapter 14. The Struggle for the Recognition of Islamophobia

Chapter 15. Lawyers in the Fight against Islamophobia

Conclusion. Against Islamophobic Hegemony

Notes

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ISBN:

9780820368184

0820368180

9780820363264

082036326X

OCLC:

1353278975