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exposé 1 : les banlieues
The banlieue (location of HLMs or cités) is at the heart of French discussions about national identity. Associated with violence, they are also where the French government has tried to focus on helping young people. What are the social problems that typically occur in the banlieues? Why do they occur here (include some thought of why banlieues came about historically) Do the media accurately represent these problems or do they exaggerate them? (what data exist on actual crime rates, school dropout rates, etc.). How do residents of the banlieues respond to the stereotype of the banlieues as violent (consider banlieue art forms as an expression of these feelings). Include a discussion of the riots of 2005 (les émeutes).
Books
Immigrant narratives in contemporary France / edited by Susan Ireland and Patrice J. Proulx. /
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001. (ON RESERVE)
[Includes chapter on the banlieues.]
L’intégration./Begag, Azouz. Paris: Cavalier Bleu, 2003. (ON RESERVE)
[“Les jeunes des banlieues ne cherchent pas à s’intégrer.” Sur la diversité qui existe dans les banlieues mêmes.]
Quand les banlieues brûlent : Retour sur les émeutes de novembre 2005./Mucchielli, Laurent et Véronique Le Goaziou. Paris: Découverte, 2007 (ON RESERVE)
Journal articles
« Civiliser» la banlieue. Logiques et conditions d'efficacité des dispositifs étatiques de …
P Juhem - Revue française de science politique, 2000
[Click on "Export article to PDF."]
The French Riots: Questioning Spaces of Surveillance and Sovereignty. By: Ossman, Susan; Terrio, Susan. International Migration, 2006.
“Nicholas Sarkozy: Scourge of the Banlieues?” World Politics Review May 11, 2007.
[A comparer avec l’analyse de Mucchielli et Goaziou]
The October Riots in France: A Failed Immigration Policy or the Empire Strikes Back? By: Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck; Balz, Michael J.. International Migration, 2006.
[Un peu superficiel mais utile comme point de départ]
Blogs
Association Quartier sans cible.
[Lisez surtout la discussion d’un anti-documentaire, “Sale Réput” dans lequel a participé Faiza Guène]
Jours Tranquilles à Clichy sous bois.
[Blog du journal Libération par des jeunes de la cité Clicy-sous-bois où ont eu lieu les émeutes de 2005.]
exposé 2: “l'état providence” en France
France is famous for being a welfare state. What are the various social programs available to help those who are most disadvantaged? What are some criticisms of France's social welfare system that are made within France? Include: CAF (Caisse d'allocations familiales), SECU (Social Security), ANPE (Agence Nationale pour l’Emploi), and les centres sociaux (maisons pour tous), often administered through city (mairies) or municipal governments. How do state-administered social work programs function and how are they perceived by the populations they serve? Challenge: Make the material more than definitions and statistics.
Books
France in crisis : welfare, inequality, and globalization since 1980./ Timothy B. Smith. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. (ON RESERVE)
Histoire des métiers du social en France
E Jovelin, B Bouquet - 2005 - Éditions (ON RESERVE)
[surtout l’introduction, chapitre I et XV- un peu technique mais donne du contexte historique]
Ni putes, ni soumises./ Amara, Fadela. Paris: Editions La Découverte, 2004. (ON RESERVE)
[pp. 61-63 “les quartiers abandonnés par l’Etat]
Quand les banlieues brûlent : Retour sur les émeutes de novembre 2005./Mucchielli, Laurent et Véronique Le Goaziou. Paris: Découverte, 2007 (ON RESERVE)
[chapitre 8, “Les intervenants sociaux au service de la sécurité?]
Journal articles
La France et la politique sociale de l'Union européenne
The French Review > Vol. 75, No. 2 (Dec., 2001), pp. 276-288
"Three Decades of Social Work in France: from Security within the Welfare State to a State of «Disembedded Modernity.» Social Work and Society 4.2 (2006).
[définitions très utiles pour Kiffe Kiffe Demain]
Associations
Secours Populaire
exposé 3: les filles dans les cités
Youth of African and North African origin suffer from multiple forms of social exclusion, but the situation for young women is particularly complex because they are often given less freedom by their families: less freedom to go out with friends, to dress as they wish, to choose boyfriends or even marriage partners (consider forced marriages especially among Algerians). They are also victims of violence both domestic (beaten for disobedience) and sexual (especially the “tournantes.”) In addition to cultural factors, what sociological factors unique to the cités explains this situation? What kinds of associations or groups have these women formed in order to improve their situation?
Books
Les Beurettes. Trexler Library Video Collection 305.893044 B567a
Des Beurettes aux descendantes d'immigrants nord-africains / Author: Guénif Souilamas, Nacira, 1959- Publication: Paris : Bernard Grasset, 2000 (ON RESERVE)
Ni putes, ni soumises/ Amara, Fadela. Paris: Editions La Découverte, 2004. (ON RESERVE)
Journal articles
Un désert matrimonial Le célibat des jeunes femmes d’origine maghrébine en France H Flanquart - Terrain Sept. 1999.
Immigration maghrébine en France: l'intégration des femmes Liliane M. Vassberg The French Review > Vol. 70, No. 5 (Apr., 1997), pp. 710-720
exposé 4: l'islam en France
Islam is the fast growing religion in France, and at the heart of much of the controversies about national identity. What percentage of the population is practicing? What formal associations assist to represent the "Muslim community"? In what way are there ties between Muslim groups and Jewish or Christian ones (i.e., are there attempts to have "interfaith" dialogues in France as we have come to expect here?) When are Muslim values or practices considered to be in conflict with "republican" values? (l'affaire du foulard, the veil affair). In what way is Islamic fundamentalism (islamisme) a problem in France? Note: please do not devote a major part of the exposé to the headscarf debate: although very important, it does not represent the diverse ways in which Islam is experienced in France.
Books
L’intégration./Begag, Azouz. Paris: Cavalier Bleu, 2003. (ON RESERVE)
[“L’islam et la république ne peuvent faire bon ménage.” 99-103. Notez que le titre de ce chapitre ne reflète pas l’opinion de Begag!]
Integrating Islam : political and religious challenges in contemporary France / Jonathan Laurence, J Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006
Location: Main Coll 305.6970944 L379i
L'Islam en France YC Zarka, S Taussig - 2004 - Presses universitaires de France(INTERLIBRARY LOAN)
L'islam imaginaire: la construction médiatique de l'islamophobie en France, 1975-2005 T Deltombe – 2005 (INTERLIBRARY LOAN)
Ni Putes ni soumises./Amara, Fadela. (ON RESERVE)
[pp. 47-48 sur “celles qui portent le voile” et pp. 72-81 sur “l’émergence d’un nouveau islam, politique.”]
Journal articles
"Histoire d'un face-à-face L'islam et la France." L''Express du 05/10/2006.
“The Muslim Headscarf and French Schools." American Journal of Education November 2004.
Government websites
Haut Conseil a l’Integration: L’Islam dans la Republique
[histoire de l’immigration musulmane en France et explication de la laïcité du point de vue du gouvernement français.]
Ministère de l’Intérieur
exposé 5: la femme
The exposé on "les filles dans les cités" gets at some of the particularities relating to gender and identity. This exposé relates in that sense, but also deals with a number of other topics. Consider overall the ways in which African women's sense of identity can be particularly complex given cultural practices in their countries of origin that are not permitted in France. Why do polygamous unions continue to be practiced in France? What has been the French response to these unions? The practice of female genital mutilation has also been controversial in France. What are some cases that illustrate why this practice occurs and what French government has done in response. Importantly, to what extent do women of African origin actively play a role either in defending or resisting these practices. Lastly, how common are interracial unions: how frequently are they practiced?; to what extent are they accepted? Are there significant differences between black man / white woman vs. white man / black woman? Are “mixed” marriages between Muslims and Christians viewed differently than those between races? (Note the problematic concept of “race”.)
Books
Black France : colonialism, immigration, and transnationalism / Dominic Thomas
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007. (ON RESERVE)
[chapitre 5, “Afro-Parisianism and African Feminisms”: un peu théorique, et donc difficile à lire, mais une discussion très intéressante sur le dilemme identitaire posé par l’excision pour les femmes africaines avec commentaire sur Calixthe Beyala.]
Sociologie de la mixité :de la mixité amoureuse aux mixités sociales et culturelles / Author: Varro, Gabrielle. Publication: Paris : Belin, 2003 (INTERLIBRARY LOAN)
Articles
Les couples mixtes dans la France contemporaine. Mariage, acquisition de la nationalité française et divorce
Gérard Neyrand; Marine M'Sili. Population (French Edition) > 52e Année, No. 3 (May, 1997), pp. 571-605
L'évolution démographique récente en France. Population (French Edition) > 56e Année, No. 4 (Jul., 2001), pp. 571-610
FRANCE: COMMISSION FOR THE ABOLISHMENT OF SEXUAL MUTILATIONS/ COMBATING SEXUAL MUTILATION IN FRANCE THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW. Women's International Network News, Winter2003
FRANCE: FINALLY PROHIBITION OF POLYGAMY ENFORCED IN PARIS!Women's International Network News, Summer2002,
Association websites
Commission pour l’abolition des mutilations sexuelles.
Groupe Femmes pour l'Abolition des Mutilations Sexuelles et Autres Pratiques Affectant la Sante des Femmes et des Enfants
Government documents
C Borrel, C Tavan La vie familiale des immigrés
exposé 6: la créolité et l'identité antillaise
Since departmentalisation in 1942, Guadelopeans and Martinicans, whether they live in the Caribbean or in the "hexagone," are French citizens. How might this shape their sense of identity in a way that makes their situation different from that of Arab or African immigrants or their descendants? What do we know about rates of going back and forth between the two regions (i.e., to what extent do these citizens split their time between the two regions?) Is racism experienced by Antillais differently than it is by Arabs or Africans? How are the movements for independence of Guadeloupe and Martinique related to the identity issue? How does the literary movement of créolité (Raphael Confiant, Patrick Chamoiseau) relate to these issues and what is Gisèle Pineau's view of the créolité movement?
Books
Caribbean discourse : selected essays / by Edouard Glissant Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1989. Location: Main Coll 972.982 G561c
La France et l'Outre-Mer antillais :quatre siècles d'histoire économique et sociale / Author: Fortuné, Félix-Hilaire. Publication: Paris : L'Harmattan, 2001 (INTERLIBRARY LOAN)
France's Overseas Frontier: Départements et territoires d'outre-mer / Aldrich, Robert and John Connell. Cambridge University Press, 2006. ( ON RESERVE)
[Tout le livre est utile: le chapitre 6 et très important aussi bien que le chapitre 10. ]
“Negotiating the Metropole: Patterns of Exile and Cultural Survival in Gisèle Pineau and Suzanne Dracius-Pinalie.” In Immigrant Narratives in Contemporary France, ed. Susan Ireland and Patrice J. Proulx. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2001. (ON RESERVE)
Articles
Culinary diasporas:identity and the language of food in Gisèle Pineau's Un papillon dans la cité. By: Mehta, Brinda J.. International Journal of Francophone Studies, 2005, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p23-51
CARIBBEAN MIGRATION TO METROPOLITAN CENTERS: IDENTITY, CITIZENSHIP AND MODELS OF INTEGRATION. By: Grosfoguel, Ramón. Caribbean Studies, Jan-Jun2004, Vol. 32 Issue 1, pVII-VIII, 2p
Colonial Caribbean migrations to France, The Netherlands, Great Britain and the United StatesEthnic & Racial Studies, Jul97, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p594-612, 19p
[bon survol]
"DEVOURED BY WRITING" An Interview with Gisèle Pineau. By: Loichot, Valérie. Callaloo, Winter2007, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p328-337, 10p
LA RÉPUBLIQUE MÉTISSÉE: CITIZENSHIP, COLONIALISM, AND THE BORDERS OF FRENCH HISTORY. By: Dubois, Laurent. Cultural Studies, Jan2000, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p15-34, 20p
Websites
Entretien avec Gisèle Pineau en français, novembre 1993.
[sur le créole et la créolité.]
Entretien avec Gisèle Pineau en anglais
exposé 7: l'Immigration
As a candidate for the presidency, Nicholas Sarkozy proposed creating a "Ministère de l'Immigration et de l'identité républicaine," now called the Ministère de l’Immigration, de l’intégration, de l’identité nationale, et du co-développement” headed by Brice Hortefeux. What is the mission of this ministry and what are its functions? Why has this ministry been so controversial? How does this ministry differ from what existed previously? Include a consideration of other new proposed legislation affecting immigration and response in the press, such as non-documented workers (sans papiers). This exposé differs from others in that it should contain very recent info., events that have occurred during the semester!
Books
“New Sans-papiers Rhetorics in Contemporary France.” In Immigrant Narratives in Contemporary France, ed. Susan Ireland and Patrice J. Proulx. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2001. (ON RESERVE)
[discussion de l’évolution du terme “sans papiers” et distinction avec “clandestin”, perception des sans papiers par les Français]
New articles and websites
Immigration and the French Presidential Elections
LexisNexis Academic (includes full text of all the major French papers)
[In the database, visit News> Non-English Language > French]
Ministère de l'Immigration
“ Ministère de l'immigration: première crise, premières démissions” Libération 18 mai, 2007.
News and Newspapers Online
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