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Title Citizenship and belonging in France and North America : multicultural perspectives on political, cultural and artistic representations of immigration / Ramona Mielusel, Simona Emilia Pruteanu, editors
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (265 pages)
Contents 1. Introduction: The Realities of Multicultural Societies -- Part I: Citizenship and Integration: Espousing or Combating Official Political Discourses on Multiculturalism and National Identity -- 2. Nationalistic Secularism and the Critique of Canadian Multiculturalism in Quebec -- 3. Francophones, Multiculturalism and Interculturalism in Canada, Québec and Europe -- 4. The Regulation of Migration, Integration, and of Multiculturalism in Twenty-First-Century France -- 5. Representing French Citizenship and Belonging in La Desintégration (2011) by Philippe Faucon -- Part II: How Can One Be Muslim, Immigrant and French? Literary and Cinematic Expressions of Belonging in France and Québec -- 6. Redefining Frenchness: Thomté Ryam's Banlieue Noire and En attendant que le bus explose -- 7. The Integration of Muslim Maghrebis into Quebec: France as the Model not to Follow -- 8. Feminist Citizenship in the Banlieue: Houda Benyamina's Divines (2016) -- 9. "Let me explain: This is who I am": Interview with Anita Aloisio with Introduction by Dervila Cooke -- Part III Framing Identity and Nationality: Crimmigration, Islamophobia and the Politics of Ethnic Exclusion -- 10. Shy Elitism: A New Keyword in Critical Multiculturalism Studies -- 11. On the Islamophobic Mind and Its Agenda in France -- 12. Framing the Immigration Discourse and Drawing the Citizen: Concrete Representations of the "Migration Crisis" in Comics Journalism -- 13. Navigating Diversity: Multiculturalism as a Heuristic
Summary The first decades of the new millennium have been marked by major political changes. Although The West has wished to revisit internal and international politics concerning migration policies, refugee status, integration, secularism, and the dismantling of communitarianism, events like the Syrian refugee crisis, the terrorist attacks in France in 2015-2016, and the economic crisis of 2008 have resurrected concepts such as national identity, integration, citizenship and re-shaping state policies in many developed countries. In France and Canada, more recent public elections have brought complex democratic political figures like Emmanuel Macron and Justin Trudeau to the public eye. Both leaders were elected based on their promising political agendas that aimed at bringing their countries into the new millennium; Trudeau promotes multiculturalism, while Macron touts the diverse nation and the inclusion of diverse ethnic communities to the national model. This edited collection aims to establish a dialogue between these two countries and across disciplines in search of such discursive illustrations and opposing discourses. Analyzing the cultural and political tensions between minority groups and the state in light of political events that question ideas of citizenship and belonging to a multicultural nation, the chapters in this volume serve as a testimonial to the multiple views on the political and public perception of multicultural practices and their national and international applicability to our current geopolitical context
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Multiculturalism -- France
Multiculturalism -- Canada
National characteristics.
Civil rights & citizenship.
Migration, immigration & emigration.
Politics & government.
Political Science -- Civics & Citizenship.
Social Science -- Emigration & Immigration.
Political Science -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
Multiculturalism
National characteristics
Canada
France
Form Electronic book
Author Mielusel, Ramona
Pruteanu, Simona Emilia
ISBN 9783030301583
3030301583