Immigration and National Identity
North African Political Movements in Colonial and Postcolonial France
- 320 pages
- English
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Immigration and National Identity
North African Political Movements in Colonial and Postcolonial France
About this book
Immigration is at the heart of social, cultural and political debate in France, a country still struggling to come to terms with its postcolonial legacy. Here Assaoui provides a radical re-examination of the assumptions about immigrants and ethnic and national identity through a study of the Maghrebis, especially their political mobilisation from the colonial to the postcolonial period. Combining insights from the archive and interviews with political activists, he examines the diaspora's voice and their struggle against racism and oppression.Through a study of key political movements, he shows how they constructed a powerful and consistent political tradition and charts the development, in France, of the Algerian anti-colonial and nationalist movement, as well as new forms of political activism during the 1970s. "Immigration and National Identity" foregrounds the migrants' perspective and the necessary historical background to the fraught contemporary context of immigrant communities in France. It will be valuable for all those concerned with immigration, colonialism and postcolonialism, cultural studies, sociology and the study of contemporary France.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- PART I: North African Nationalist Discourse and Actions in the Interwar Years
- PART II: The Messialist Movement from Second World War to Algerian Indipendence: An Historical Overview
- PART III: North African Migrants in the Postcolonial Period: The MTA in 1970s' France
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index