Women, Immigration and Identities in France

by Freedman, Jane; Tarr, Carrie

• ISBN13: 9781859734315
• ISBN10: 1859734316
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

This book is the first to address the relationship between gender and immigration in contemporary France and the political and personal issues that affect women of immigrant origin. Focusing on the social and political aspects of women's lives, the book investigates how they are affected by racism and changes in citizenship laws and explores the strategies they use to combat exclusion through movements such as the 'sans-papiers'.Authors go on to discuss ways in which immigrant women and their daughters negotiate their changing cultural identities in relation to their communities of origin and their positions in France, with reference to the Magrebhi family and attitudes to the Islamic headscarf.These issues are further developed through analyses of women's cultural production across a wide range of media, from the writing of Vietnamese women to 'Beur' Filmmaking, including Yamina Benguigui's highly acclaimed documentary Memoires d'Immigres.Combining a range of case studies and practical data with a theoretical overview of the topic, this is an important reference work for anyone studying postcolonial France and the role of women within it.

Author Biography

Jane Freedmanis a Lecturer in French Politics, at the University of Southampton.

Carrie Tarr is a Senior Research Fellow, at Kingston University.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
List of Figures	ix
Notes on Contributors	xi
Introduction	1	(12)
Jane Freedman
Carrie Tarr
Part I Social and Political Identities
Women and Immigration: Nationality and Citizenship	13	(16)
Jane Freedman
The Sans-papieres: An Interview with Madjiguene Cisse	29	(10)
Jane Freedman
Carrie Tarr
The Associative Movement of African Women and New Forms of Citizenship	39	(18)
Catherine Quiminal
Maghrebi Families in France	57	(12)
Camille Lacoste-Dujardin
The Issue of the Islamic Headscarf	69	(16)
Sonia Dayan-Herzbrun
Part II Representations and Identities
The Representation of Ethnic Minority Women in Comic Books	85	(18)
Mark McKinney
Constructing Spaces of Transition: `Beur' Women Writers and the Question of Representation	103	(18)
Anissa Talahite
Close Encounters: French Women of Vietnamese Origin and the Homeland in Retour a la saison des pluies and	121	(14)
Les Trois Parques
Emily Roberts
Gender, Hospitality and Cross-Cultural Transactions in Les Passagers du Roissy Express and Memoires d'immigres	135	(18)
Mireille Rosello
Where Women Tread: Daughters and Mothers in Souviens-toi de moi and Sous les pieds des femmes	153	(18)
Carrie Tarr
Transmission and Mourning in Memoires d'immigres: l'heritage maghrebin: Yamina Benguigui as `Memory Entrepreneuse'	171	(18)
Sylvie Durmelat
Bibliography	189