TY - BOOK ID - 138008941 TI - Postcolonial France : race, Islam, and the future of the republic PY - 2018 SN - 178680297X 1786802961 9781786802972 9781786802965 PB - London : Pluto Press, DB - UniCat KW - Postcolonialism KW - France KW - France. KW - Ethnic relations. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138008941 AB - France is a bellwether for the postcolonial anxieties and populist politics emerging across the world today. This book explores the dynamics and dilemmas of the present moment of crisis and hope in France, through an exploration of recent moralpanics. Taking stock of the tensions as they have emerged over the last quarter of a century, Paul Silverstein looks at urban racial violence, female Islamic dress and male public prayer, anti-system gangster rap, and sporting performances in and aroundwhich debates over France's multicultural future have arisen. It traces these conflicts to the unresolved tensions of an imperial project, the present-day effects of which are still felt by many. Despite the barriers, which include neo-nationalistracism and Islamophobia, French citizens of various backgrounds have found ways to build flourishing lives. Silverstein shows how they have responded to urban marginalisation, police violence and institutional discrimination in remarkably creative ways. ER -