African immigrant families in another France
By: Loretta Bass, University of Oklahoma, USA
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780230361959
Subjects: Africans; Cultural assimilation; Immigrants; Emigration and immigration; Race discrimination; Race relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
Description: "Immigrant incorporation is a critical challenge for France and other European societies today. Sub-Saharan African immigrant families experience 'Another France.' Racialization is inherent in the immigration process for African migrants, and a low immigrant status is granted, limiting their employment and social integration, and often irrespective of their qualifications or citizenship documents. First and second generation African youth report being, 'French on the inside, African on the out,' because they hold a French mentality, but are continually put into an 'other' category. The 'power of skin' accords this status of 'immigrant other' which infiltrates all social interaction. Further, the practices of a French universalism and secularism taken together have become a straightjacket and 'ostrich policy' for France. "--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1. Why Study Black African Immigrants in France?2. Context and Theory - A Post-colonial Bouillabaisse and Africans in FrancePART II: STRUCTURAL AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS3. Social Structures Shaping Immigrant Integration: 'The Power of Skin'4. Cultural Differences, Asserting Oneself, and Religion: 'Take your place'5. Identity and the Integration of Youth: 'French on the inside'PART III: THEORIZING INTEGRATION AND CONCLUSIONS6. Conclusions: Inequality, Dis/Location and Sub-Saharan African Integration.