The Diaspora of the Comoros in France - Ethnicised Biopolitics and Communitarisation

Based on an ethnographic study of mobilisations of the Comorian diaspora in Marseille during political and cultural events, the book examines communitarisation in relation to three thematic areas, namely spaces, cultural markets and local politics.

List of contents

1. Introduction, 2. The Dispositif of Communitarisation as an Analytical and Methodological Perspective, 3. Reflections on Doing Ethnography… from a (Critical) White Perspective, 4. Spaces of Communitarisation and Ethnicised Bordering, 5. Twarab as a Diasporic Cultural Market, 6. Etoiles Rasmi: ‘Ethno-Preneurialism’ and the Performativity of ‘Franco-Comorianness’, 7. Politics of Communitarisation and Postcolonial Mimicry, Conclusion

About the author

Katharina Fritsch holds a doctorate in Political Science from the University of Vienna. In her research and teaching activities, she has focused on postcolonial migration and diaspora, Foucauldian theory and methodology and intersectional and postcolonial perspectives.

Summary

Based on an ethnographic study of mobilisations of the Comorian diaspora in Marseille during political and cultural events, the book examines communitarisation in relation to three thematic areas, namely spaces, cultural markets and local politics.

Product details

• Authors: Katharina Fritsch, Fritsch Katharina
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9780367629748
• ISBN: 978-0-367-62974-8
• No. of pages: 226
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge African Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Civil rights & citizenship, Central / national / federal government policies, Black & Asian Studies, Civics and citizenship, Central government policies, Relating to African American / Black American people