Shailja Sharma

Postcolonial minorities in Britain and France

In the hyphen of the nation-state

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book compares the postcolonial populations of Britain and France, examining the ways in which they are redefining citizenship. Bearing in mind the different histories and political systems of each country, it considers questions of national identity, values, the place of religion, secularism and public spaces - all integral to determining what makes a country a true nation. Recent security threats have made the debate around minorities and assimilation all the more pressing, and this book delves deep into the issues of feminism, Islam and group identities. It will be of interest to students and scholars of race, religion and migration studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781784993993
• ISBN-10: 1784993999
• Artikelnr.: 47083411

Autorenporträt

Shailja Sharma is Associate Professor of International Studies at DePaul University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: migrants into minorities 1. Challenges to national
citizenship 2. Postcolonial minorities and securitization 3. Race by any
other name: Islam and the contestation of citizenship 4. The nation-state's
wobbly hyphen: the backlash against multiculturalism 5. Bearers of
tradition or oppressed minority: women as citizens Index