عنوان

Voices of Women of North African Origin on the French Island of Corsica

Number

TL49709

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Voices of Women of North African Origin on the French Island of Corsica

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Olivia Barbara Ann Jaffe-Pachuilo

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Ghosh, Huma A.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

San Diego State University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

94

Text of Note

Committee members: Donadey, Anne; Perez, Ramona

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-51873-3

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

Discipline of degree

Women's Studies

Body granting the degree

San Diego State University

Text preceding or following the note

2017

Text of Note

The objective of this research is to examine the effects of gender, race, and class in the lives of women of Moroccan descent on the island of Corsica, one of the 13 regions of France. Little research has been done on this group in this context, though much is written on North African immigrants in Europe in general. In Corsica, the children and grandchildren of immigrants are suspected of being not French enough or not French at all, and are also othered on the basis of culture, religion, and gender. The cultural debates in France regarding Muslim women's desire to wear the hijab, a veil, or a burqa (all often referred to under the umbrella of "the veil") is one of the many issues confronting Muslim migrants from North Africa. The context of Corsica is important as Corsicans themselves are a stigmatized minority group within France, a phenomenon that has not been explored in terms of French- North African interactions. Interviews were done with five participants on the subject of stereotypes and discrimination in both workplace and community settings. The interviews were analyzed with a focus on centering the lived experience of North African women immigrants and women of North African descent within an intersectional analysis of their relationship to Corsicans and other people of North African descent in France. This research will contribute to existing work done about North African women in France as well as research done about the descendants of immigrants throughout Europe.

Womens studies

Subject Term

Social sciences

Phillips, Joshua M.

Ghosh, Huma A.

Subdivision

Women's Studies

San Diego State University

Call Number

1987941278; 10687438

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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