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Informationen zum Autor Rabah Aissaoui received his PhD from the University of Leeds and is Lecturer in French in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Leicester. Immigration is at the heart of social, cultural and political debate in France. This book examines the assumptions about immigrants and ethnic and national identity through a study of the Maghrebis, especially their political mobilisation from the colonial to the postcolonial period. Zusammenfassung Immigration is at the heart of social, cultural and political debate in France. This book examines the assumptions about immigrants and ethnic and national identity through a study of the Maghrebis, especially their political mobilisation from the colonial to the postcolonial period. Inhaltsverzeichnis TABLE OF CONTENTS Acronyms and Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: North African Nationalist Discourse and Actions in the Interwar Years 1. The Emergence of the Messalist Movement 2. Ethnicity and Nation-ness in the Discourse of the ENA-PPA 3. The Markers of Ethnicity 4. Racism, Colonialism and Universalism 5. Algerian nationalists in the French Political Arena Part II: The Messalist Movement from the Second world war to Algerian Independence: An Historical Overview 6. Algerian Nationalism from the Second World War to the Eve of the Algerian War 7. The Messalist-FLN Conflict in France during the Algerian War Part III: North African Migrants in the Postcolonial period: The MTA in 1970s France 8. Ethnicity and Nation-ness in the MTA Discourse 9. Antiracism, Universalism and Difference 10. The MTA in the French Sociopolitical Arena Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
