Resurrecting slavery : racial legacies and white supremacy in France / Crystal Marie Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, Crystal Marie, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--France--History.

Black people.

Black people--Race identity--France.

White people--Race identity--France.

White people.

France--Race relations--History.

France.

Slavery--France--History.

Slavery.

Slavery--French colonies--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Racial legacies and white supremacy in France

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2017]

Summary:

How can politicians and ordinary citizens face the racial past in a country that frames itself as colorblind? In her timely and provocative book, Resurrecting Slavery, Crystal Fleming shows how people make sense of slavery in a nation where talking about race, colonialism, and slavery remains taboo. Noting how struggles over the meaning of racial history are informed by contemporary politics of race, she asks: What kinds of group identities are at stake today for activists and French people with ties to overseas territories where slavery took place? Fleming investigates the connections and disconnections that are made between racism, slavery, and colonialism in France. She provides historical context and examines how politicians and commemorative activists interpret the racial past and present. Resurrecting Slavery also includes in-depth interviews with French Caribbean migrants outside the commemorative movement to address the everyday racial politics of remembrance. Bringing a critical race perspective to the study of French racism, Fleming's groundbreaking study provides a more nuanced understanding of race in France along with new ways of thinking about the global dimensions of slavery, anti-blackness, and white supremacy.

Contents:

Introduction: Racial resurrections

Slavery and the construction of race in France

Blackwashing slavery: the racial politics of commemoration

Activist groups and ethnoracial boundaries

Racial temporality in action

"We have a history": slavery and Caribbean identities

Legacies

Reparations

Conclusion: race-ing the past and the present

Methodological appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781439914090

1439914095