North African political movements in colonial and postcolonial France /
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Rabah Aissaoui.
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New York, NY :
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In the United States and in Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (x, 307 pages).
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International library of migration studies ;
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4
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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North African nationalist discourse and actions in the interwar years. The emergence of the Messalist movement ; Ethnicity and nation-ness in the ENA-PPA discourse ; The markers of ethnicity ; Racism, colonialism and universalism ; Algerian nationalists in the French political arena -- The Messalist movement from the Second World War to the eve of the Algerian War ; The Messalist-FLN conflict in France during the Algerian War -- North African migrants in the postcolonial period : the MTA in 1970s' France. Ethnicity and nation-ness in the MTA discourse ; Antiracism, universalism and difference ; The MTA in the French sociopolitical arena.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"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."--Bloomsbury publishing.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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Proquest Ebook Central
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676556
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Title
Immigration and national identity.
International Standard Book Number
9781845118358
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
North Africans-- France-- Ethnic identity.
North Africans-- France-- Politics and government.
Racism-- Political aspects-- France-- History-- 20th century.