Buch
Monografie
North African women in France : gender, culture, and identity
Verfasst von:
Killian, Caitlin
Stanford, Calif.:
Stanford Univ. Press
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2006
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279 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Killian, Caitlin |
| Jahr: | 2006 |
| Maße: | 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0804754209 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| In recent decades more Algerian, Moroccan, and Tunisian women have immigrated to France than men, yet despite their increasing numbers first generation immigrant women are rarely the focus of research. In this sociological study, Caitlin Killian examines how Muslim women construct and manage their identities in the midst of a foreign culture: what they hold on to from their countries of origin and what they decide to embrace in France, why some immigrant women cope better with challenges in their new country than others, and how they raise children who will one day be French. She demonstrates that these women engage in selective acculturation and highlights their ability to resist labels that do not fit with their self perceptions. These findings point to the flexibility of personal identity, even among visible minorities whose self-identification choices were previously thought to be highly constrained. Chapter 1 provides some background and history on French-North African relations and Maghrebin immigration to France. Chapter 2 analyses gender norms in North Africa and how this norms often change in France as immigrants take on new roles and renegotiate family relations. Chapter 3 explores the cultural choices that immigrant women make in terms of values and how they feel about their own acculturation and that of others. Chapter 4 discusses identity negotiation, how women construct their self-concepts and respond to the perceptions of others. Chapter 5 describes structural problems that Maghrebin immigrants face in France and chapter 6 looks toward the future, concentrating on women's relationships to their children. | |
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