At the Border: Margins and Peripheries in Modern France (French and Francophone Studies) - Hardcover

 
9780708320761: At the Border: Margins and Peripheries in Modern France (French and Francophone Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0708320767 ISBN 13: 9780708320761
Publisher: University of Wales Press, 2008

Synopsis


For decades, France has been considered one of the world’s first and most fully formed nation-states—providing a global model of state-centered modernity. Events in recent years, however, such as the long-term presence of France’s North African population, the growth of Islam as France’s second-largest religion, the development of anti-centrist regional movements, and growing debates about French sexual and social identities have endowed the theme of borders with a special resonance in French studies.

This exciting interdisciplinary collection presents a series of perspectives on French border identities in the context of globalization, locating “border” situations in a variety of contexts—geographical, social, cultural, and sexual—that challenge preconceptions about the centrality of the nation-state as the foundation of contemporary French identity.

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About the Authors

Sharif Gemie is professor of modern and contemporary history at the University of Glamorgan, UK.



Henrice Atlink is a lecturer in history at the University of York. Chris Weedon is chair of the Center for Critical and Cultural Theory at Cardiff University. Jane Aaron is professor of English at the University of Glamorgan.

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Publisher
University of Wales Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0708320767
ISBN 13 
9780708320761
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
192
Editor
Gemie Sharif, Altink Henrice