The Marseille Mosaic : A Mediterranean City at the Crossroads of Cultures / edited by Mark Ingram and Kathryn Kleppinger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ingram, Mark, 1957- editor.

Kleppinger, Kathryn A., editor.

Series:

Space and place ; Volume 21.

Space and Place Series ; Volume 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--France--Marseille--History.

Immigrants.

Minorities--France--Marseille--History.

Minorities.

Marseille (France)--Ethnic relations.

Marseille (France).

Marseille (France)--Social conditions.

Marseille (France)--In popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2023]

Summary:

Formerly the gateway to the French empire, the city of Marseille exemplifies a postcolonial Europe reshaped by immigrants, refugees, and repatriates. The Marseille Mosaic seeks to address the city’s past and present, exploring the relationship between Marseille and the rest of France, Europe, and the Mediterranean. Proposing new models for the study of place by integrating approaches from the humanities and social sciences, this volume offers an idiosyncratic “mosaic,” which vividly details the challenges facing other French and European cities and the ways residents are developing alternative perspectives and charting new urban futures.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Notes on Texts and Translations

Introduction - The Marseille Mosaic

Part I - The Presence of the Past in Contemporary Marseille

Chapter 1 - Epidemics, Disinformation, and Financial Meltdown: Lessons from the Great Plague of Marseille of 1720

Chapter 2 - Belle Époque Marseille in the Twenty-First Century: Jean Contrucci's Les nouveaux mystères de Marseille Series

Chapter 3 - Clientelism, Discrimination, and Adaptation in Marseille's Housing System (1960-80)

Part II - Scenes of Marseille Myth-Making

Chapter 4 - Marseille's Algerian Side in Visual Arts: A Cultural-Historical Approach

Chapter 5 - Contentious Cosmopolitanism: Transnational Circulations in the Life Trajectories of Reggae/Ragga Artists in Marseille

Chapter 6 - The Pitfalls of "Marseillology" and How to Avoid Them

Part III - Visibility and Invisibility in Marseille's Social Fabric

Chapter 7 - Muslims in Marseille's Public Space: Belated Recognition, Ambivalent Visibility

Chapter 8 - True Grit: Representing the Quartiers Nord of Marseille in Karim Dridi's Films

Chapter 9 - Political and Civic Engagements of Women from Postcolonial Immigrant Backgrounds in Marseille

Part IV - Current Interventions in Urban Space

Chapter 10 - Justification of Renewal as a Long and Winding Road: Discrediting the City to Better Transform It

Chapter 11 - Marseille as Privatopia: The Collapsing City, the Gated City

Chapter 12 - "Publicizing" Urban Space: The Outreach Work of Marseillais Theatres Hors les Murs

Chapter 13 - La Friche La Belle de Mai: Future Third-Place Arts District of Marseille?

Part V - Afterwords

Chapter 14 - Marseille, from the Global to the Provincial

Chapter 15 - The Forty-Ninth Wilaya: The Marseille Mosaic and Algerian Accents

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Ingram, Mark The Marseille Mosaic

ISBN:

9781800738218

1800738218

OCLC:

1354205688