French Muslims in Perspective
- Eschews essentialist and orientalist analyses of French Muslims- Sheds light on previously under-examine areas such as activist work, social movements, political and media representations of Muslims in France- Puts French Muslims into comparative perspective, integrating them into the broader discussions of race, class, multiculturalism, gender and social movement theory from across Europe and the USA.
| Autor: | Downing, Joseph |
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| ISBN: | 9783030161026 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 284 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 04.06.2019 |
| Untertitel: | Nationalism, Post-Colonialism and Marginalisation under the Republic |
| Schlagworte: | French Muslims French society Marginalisation activism french politics social movements |
Dr Joseph Downing is LSE Fellow nationalism in the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, where he teaches courses on global policy and security. He was previously Marie-Curie fellow at the Laboratoire méditerranéen de sociologie, CNRS, Université Aix-Marseille Marseille and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London where he conducted a project on the discourses created about British and French Muslims on Twitter. He has published widely on politics, security and integration in France, concentrating on minority communities.