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Constructing Muslims in France : discourse, public identity, and the politics of citizenship / Jennifer Fredette
AuthorFredette, Jennifer
PublishedPhiladelphia, Pa. : Temple Univ.Press, 2014
DescriptionOnline-Ressource (232 pages)
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LanguageEnglish
Document typeE-Book
KeywordsMuslim / Ethnische Identität / Islam / Soziale Integration
URNurn:nbn:de:gbv:3:5-93773 
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The standing of French Muslims is undercut by a predominant and persistent elite public discourse that frames Muslims as failed and incomplete French citizens. This situation fosters the very separations exclusions and hierarchies it claims to deplore as Muslims face discrimination in education housing and employment.  In Constructing Muslims in France Jennifer Fredette provides a deft empirical analysis to show the political diversity and complicated identity politics of this relatively new population. She examines the public identity of French Muslims and evaluates images in popular med
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Elusive citizenship -- Claiming membership : French Muslim identities political goals and repertoires of contention -- Education -- Employment -- Housing -- The contentious concept of Frenchness
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