The Black Populations of France

Histories from Metropole to Colony

Sylvain Pattieu, Emmanuelle Sibeud, Tyler Stovall

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781496228819
• eBook ISBN: 9781496229977
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: African History
• Index: History

The Black Populations of France is a study of Black peoples and their history in France and the French Empire during the modern era, from the eighteenth century to the present. The contributors to this collection explore three main axes. The first addresses circulations—the ways Black populations have moved through the spaces of metropolitan France and the empire—and focuses on the actors themselves and the margins of maneuver available to them, particularly as soldiers, sailors, immigrants, or political militants. The second considers legacies and the ways the past has informed the present, addressing themes such as the memory of slavery, the histories of Black women and gender, and the historical influence of African Americans on Blacks in France. The final axis considers racial policy and the ways the state has shaped racial discourses through the interactions between state policies and ideas of race developed by individuals, organizations, and communities. The Black Populations of France makes an important contribution to both modern French history and the history of the global Black diaspora. By putting these histories in dialogue with each other, it underscores the central place of France in world history.
 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Introduction
• Part 1
• 1. The Inopportune Citizenship of the Inhabitants of Sainte-Marie in Madagascar (1907–49)
• 2. Colonial Misappropriations of Trans-Saharan Legacies
• 3. Returning from France after World War II
• Part 2
• 4. Black Families in France (Eighteenth–Nineteenth Centuries)
• 5. By Land or By Sea
• 6. “A Woman Like Any Other”
• 7. BUMIDOM 1963–82
• Part 3
• 8. Contemporary French Caribbean Politics
• 9. Racially Imprinted Bodies
• 10. France in Noir and Black
• 11. Solidarity or Difference?
• Conclusion
• Contributors
• Index
• About Sylvain Pattieu
• About Emmanuelle Sibeud
• About Tyler Stovall