Immigration is at the heart of social, cultural and political debate in France, a country still struggling to come to terms with its postcolonial legacy. Here Assaoui provides a radical re-examination of 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. Combining insights from the archive and interviews with political activists, he examines the diaspora's voice and their struggle against racism and oppression. Through a study of key political movements, he shows how they constructed a powerful and consistent political tradition and charts the development, in France, of the Algerian anti-colonial and nationalist movement, as well as new forms of political activism during the 1970s. "Immigration and National Identity" foregrounds the migrants' perspective and the necessary historical background to the fraught contemporary context of immigrant communities in France. It will be valuable for all those concerned with immigration, colonialism and postcolonialism, cultural studies, sociology and the study of contemporary France.
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
