Views from the margins : creating identities in modern France
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Views from the margins : creating identities in modern France
University of Nebraska Press, c2008
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references
"The writings of William B. Cohen": p. [273]-275
Contents of Works
- Introduction / Kevin J. Callahan and Sarah A. Curtis
- Missionary utopias : Anne-Marie Javouhey and the colony at Mana, French Guiana, 1827-1848 / Sarah A. Curtis
- Marcel Lefebvre in Gabon : revival, missionaries, and the colonial roots of Catholic traditionalism / Jeremy Rich
- Marketing in the Metropole : colonial rubber plantations and French consumerism in the early twentieth century / Stephen L. Harp
- Exorcising Algeria : French citizens, the war, and the remaking of national identity in the Rhône-Alpes, 1954-1962 / Lee Whitfield
- Autonomy or colony : the politics of Alsace's relationship to France in the interwar era / Samuel Huston Goodfellow
- The "true" French worker party : the problem of French sectarianism and identity politics in the Second International, 1889-1900 / Kevin J. Callahan
- Sex and the citizen : reproductive manuals and fashionable readers in Napoleonic France, 1799-1808 / Sean M. Quinlan
- Gender and creation of the French intellectual : the case of the Revue de Morale Sociale, 1899-1903 / Anne R. Epstein
- Family dramas : paternity, divorce, and adultery, 1917-1945 / Rachel G. Fuchs
Description and Table of Contents
Description
What does it mean to be French? What constitutes "Frenchness"? Is it birth, language, attachment to republicanism, adherence to cultural norms? In contemporary France, these questions resonate in light of the large number of non-French and non-European immigrants, many from former French colonies, who have made France home in recent decades. Historically, French identity has long been understood as the product of a centralized state and culture emanating from Paris that was itself central to European history and civilization. Likewise, French identity in terms of class, gender, nationality, and religion mainly has been explained as a strong, indivisible core, against which marginal actors have been defined.
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Kevin J. Callahan and Sarah A. Curtis
1. Missionary Utopias: Anne-Marie Javouhey and the Colony at Mana, French Guiana, 18271848
Sarah A. Curtis
2. Marcel Lefebvre in Gabon: Revival, Missionaries, and the Colonial Roots of Catholic Traditionalism
Jeremy Rich
3. Marketing in the Metropole: Colonial Rubber Plantations and French Consumerism in the Early Twentieth Century
Stephen L. Harp
4. Exorcising Algeria: French Citizens, the War, and the Remaking of National Identity in the Rhone-Alpes, 19541962
Lee Whitfield
5. Autonomy or Colony: The Politics of Alsace's Relationship to France in the Interwar Era
Samuel Huston Goodfellow
6. The "True" French Worker Party: The Problem of French Sectarianism and Identity Politics in the Second International, 18891900
Kevin J. Callahan
7. Sex and the Citizen: Reproductive Manuals and Fashionable Readers in Napoleonic France, 17991808
Sean M. Quinlan
8. Gender and the Creation of the French Intellectual: The Case of the Revue de Morale Sociale, 18991903
Anne R. Epstein
9. Family Dramas: Paternity, Divorce, and Adultery, 19171945
Rachel G. Fuchs
The Writings of William B. Cohen
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