Frenchness and the African Diaspora: Identity and Uprising in Contemporary France, ed. Charles Tshimanga, Didier Gondola, and Peter J. Bloom

Abstract

Introduction: Frenchness and the African Diaspora Part 1. Auto da fe: Understanding the 2005 Riots 1. Primitive Rebellion in the French Banlieues: On the Fall 2005 Riots / Didier Lapeyronnie 2. The Republic and Its Beast: On the Riots in the French Banlieues / Achille Mbembe 3. Figures of Multiplicity: Can France Reinvent Its Identity? / Achille Mbembe 4. Outsiders in the French Melting Pot: The Public Construction of Invisibility for Visible Minorities / Ahmed Boubeker Part 2. Colonization, Citizenship, and Containment 5. From Imperial Inclusion to Republican Exclusion? France's Ambiguous Post-War Trajectory / Frederick Cooper 6. Colonial Syndrome: French Modern and the Deceptions of History / Florence Bernault 7. Transient Citizens: The Othering and Indigenization of Blacks and Beurs within the French Republique / Ch. Didier Gondola 8. The Law of February 23, 2005: The Uses Made of the Revival of France's "Colonial Grandeur" / Nicolas Bancel Part 3. Visions and Tensions of Frenchness 9. A Conservative Revolution within Secularism: The Ideological Premises and Social Effects of the March 15, 2004 "Anti-Headscarf" Law / Pierre Tevanian 10. Zidane: Portrait of the Artist as Political Avatar / Nacira Guenif-Souilamas 11. The State of French Cultural Exceptionalism: The 2005 Uprisings and the Politics of Visibility / Peter J. Bloom 12. Let the Music Play: The African Diaspora, Popular Culture, and National Identity in Contemporary France / Charles Tshimanga Appendix: Picture of "We Are the Natives of the Republic!" A Call to Action: "We Are the Natives of the Republic!" Glossary Bibliography List of Contributors Index