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Frenchness and the African Diaspora: Identity and Uprising in Contemporary France (African Expressive Cultures) by Charles Tshimanga, Ch. Didier Gondola, Peter J. Bloom, Didier Lapeyronnie, Achille Mbembe is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Frenchness and the African Diaspora: Identity and Uprising in Contemporary France (African Expressive Cultures) about?
<p>In 2005, following the death of two youths of African origin, France<br> erupted in a wave of violent protest. More than 10,000 automobiles were burned or<br> stoned, hundreds of public buildings were vandalized or burned to the ground, and<br> hundreds of people were injured. Charles Tshimanga, Didier Gondola, Peter J. Bloom,<br> and a group of international scholars seek to understand the causes and consequences<br> of these momentous events, while examining how the concept of Frenchness has been<br> reshaped by the African diaspora in France and the colonial legacy.</p>
Who reads Frenchness and the African Diaspora: Identity and Uprising in Contemporary France (African Expressive Cultures)?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charles Tshimanga, Ch. Didier Gondola, Peter J. Bloom, Didier Lapeyronnie, Achille Mbembe
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press ; Combined Academic [distributor
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780253003904
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Sociology, History
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