Address in Paris - Emplacement, Bureaucracy, Belonging in Hostels for West African

Aïssatou Mbodj-Pouye examines the changing roles that foyers have played in the lives of generations of West African migrants, weaving together rich ethnographic description with a critical historical account.

Sommario

Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Communities in the Making
1. Improvising the Foyers: Franco-African Institutions of Migration (1958–1967)
2. Modern Buildings: Political Challenges, Administrative Anxieties, and the Consolidation of the Foyer System (1968–1979)
3. Permanence and Decay: African Foyers, from Solution to Problem (1980s–1990s)
Part II. Partial Endings
4. Tolerated Bonds: Living Together in the Foyers
5. When Will the Foyers End? Contentious Renovations and Temporal Disjunctions
6. Acknowledging Solidarity: Bureaucratic Relatedness, Hosting Practices, and Exclusionary Dynamics
Part III. Ambivalent Attachments, Contested Belonging
7. Foyermen: Class, Gender, and Race Across Generations
8. Eroded Emplacement: Urban Incorporation, Containment Policies, and the Politics of Belonging
9. Focal Points: Reflections from the Foyers
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Aïssatou Mbodj-Pouye is a research fellow in anthropology at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris.

Riassunto

Aïssatou Mbodj-Pouye examines the changing roles that foyers have played in the lives of generations of West African migrants, weaving together rich ethnographic description with a critical historical account.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Aissatou Mbodj-Pouye, Aïssatou Mbodj-Pouye
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.10.2023
• EAN: 9780231211437
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21143-7
• Pagine: 400
• Serie: Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past / Present / Future
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, France, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Sociology & anthropology, Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations