Views from the margins
Subtitle: creating identities in modern France
By: edited and with an introduction by Kevin J. Callahan and Sarah A. Curtis.
Contributors: Callahan, Kevin J.; Curtis, Sarah Ann.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780803215597
Subjects: National characteristics, French; Immigrants -- France -- History; France -- Colonies -- History; France -- Civilization; France -- Social conditions
Description: "This collection of essays offers examples drawn from an imperial history of France that show the power of the periphery to shape diverse and dynamic modern French identities at its center. Each essay explains French identity as a fluid process rather than a category into which French citizens (and immigrants) are expected to fit. In using a core/periphery framework to explore identity creation, Views from the Margins breaks new ground in bringing together diverse historical topics from politics, religion, regionalism, consumerism, nationalism, and gendered aspects of civic and legal engagement."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.