The Construction of Minority Identities in France and Britain

175 Pages·2007·1.081 MB·English

by  Gino G. Raymond, Tariq Modood (eds.)

The Construction of Minority Identities
in France and Britain
Also by Gino G. Raymond
THE FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY DURING THE FIFTH REPUBLIC
REDEFINING THE FRENCH REPUBLIC (co-editor with A. Cole)
Also by Tariq Modood
MULTICULTURAL POLITICS: Racism, Ethnicity and Muslims in Britain
ETHNICITY, NATIONALISM AND MINORITY RIGHTS (co-editor with S. May and
J. Squires)
The Construction of
Minority Identities
in France and Britain
Edited by
Gino G. Raymond
Professor of Modern French Studies,
University of Bristol, UK
and
Tariq Modood
Professor of Sociology,
Politics and Public Policy,
University of Bristol, UK
Introduction, editorial matter and selection
© Gino G. Raymond and Tariq Modood 2007.
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The construction of minority identities in France and Britain / edited by
Gino G. Raymond and Tariq Modood.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Minorities – France. 2. Minorities – Great Britain. 3. Muslims –
France. 4. Muslims – Great Britain. 5. France – Ethnic relations. 6. Great
Britain – Ethnic relations. I. Raymond, Gino. II. Modood, Tariq.
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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Notes on the Contributors viii
Introduction
Gino G. Raymond and Tariq Modood 1
Part I Approaches to an Understanding of the
Construction of Minority Identities
1 Secularism and the Accommodation of Muslim Identities
Tariq Modood and Riva Kastoryano 13
2 The Construction of What?
Michel Wieviorka 33
3 Debating Cultural Difference in France
Catherine Wihtol de Wenden 48
4 The French Republic Unveiled
Max Silverman 59
Part II Experiencing the Construction
of Minority Identities
5 Shifting Sociocultural Identities: Young People
of North African Origin in France
Nadia Kiwan 79
6 Converging at Last? France, Britain and their Minorities
Vincent Latour 98
7 Veiled Interventions in Pure Space: Honour, Shame and
Embodied Struggles among Muslims in Britain and France
Pnina Werbner 117
v
vi Contents
8 The Construction of Identity, Integration and
Participation of Caribbeans in British Society
Harry Goulbourne 139
Conclusion
Gino G. Raymond and Tariq Modood 161
Index 167
Acknowledgements
This project is the fruit of a unique collaboration between leading aca-
demics in France and Britain, who shared their knowledge at a confer-
ence organised by the Departments of French and of Sociology at the
University of Bristol in the autumn of 2004 with the aim of launching
a cross-Channel debate on the construction of minority identities. The
editors would like to express their gratitude to the Institut Français, the
Leverhulme Trust and the University of Bristol, without whose generous
material and moral support the original event and the publications it
has engendered would not have been possible.
vii
Notes on the Contributors
Harry Goulbourne is Professor of Sociology at the South Bank University
in London. As well as being a frequent commentator in the media, he is
the author of major recent studies such as Race Relations in Britain since
1945 (1998) and editor of Race and Ethnicity (2001).
Riva Kastoryano is a Professor at the Institut d’Études Politiques and
trained as an economist as well as a sociologist. She taught at Harvard
before taking up her post in Paris. Her major publications include Les
codes de la différence (2005, editor), and Negotiating Identities. States and
Immigrants in France and Germany (2002).
Nadia Kiwan possesses both a British PhD and a French doctorate from
the Ecole des Hautes Études in Paris. She is currently lecturing at the
University of Aberdeen and is the author of a major forthcoming study
entitled Identities, Discourses and Experiences: Young People of North African
Origin in France (2007). She has also contributed to a number of edited
works on race, identity and citizenship.
Vincent Latour is Maître de conférences at the Université de Toulouse
and a member of a CNRS team researching issues of identity in Europe.
He is the author of Les relations raciales en Grande-Bretagne: le cas de la
communauté indo-pakistanaise de Bristol (2005) and has written a number
of articles on race and identity in popular journals such as Alternatives
Internationales.
Tariq Modood, OBE, is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy
at the University of Bristol. He is Director of the Leverhulme Programme
on Migration and Citizenship and his most recent monograph is enti-
tled Multicultural Politics: Racism, Ethnicity and Muslims in Europe (2005).
Gino G. Raymond is Professor of Modern French Studies at the
University of Bristol and has published widely on French culture and
politics. His recent books include The French Communist Party under the
Fifth Republic (2005) and Redefining the French Republic (2006, editor with
A. Cole).
Max Silverman is Professor of Modern French Studies at the University
of Leeds. He is the author of the seminal work, Deconstructing the Nation:
Immigration, Racism and Citizenship in Modern France (1992). His other
books reflect his interest in the intellectual culture of France and include
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Notes on the Contributors ix
Facing Postmodernity: Contemporary French Thought on Culture and Society
(1999).
Pnina Werbner is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of
Keele and an expert in migrations, community formation and the role
of women. Her recent books include: The Migration Process (2002);
Imagined Diasporas among Manchester Muslims (2002); and Pilgrims of
Love: the Anthropology of a Global Sufi Cult (2003). She is the co-editor of
the Postcolonial Encounters series published by Zed Books.
Michel Wieviorka is a Professor at the École des Hautes Études en
Sciences Sociales in Paris and one of France’s leading sociologists. He
has authored over 20 books covering areas such as racism, multicultur-
alism and social movements. Recent titles include: The Arena of Racism
(1995); La différence (2005) and La tentation anti-sémite (2006). He is also
editor of the monthly magazine, Le Monde des Débats.
Catherine Wihtol de Wenden is a Professor at the Institut d’Études
Politiques in Paris and has spent the past two decades studying inter-
national migrations and the challenges they pose. She has been an
adviser on these matters to the OECD, the European Commission and
the UNHCR. Her recent books include L’Europe des migrations (2001)
and Atlas des migrations dans le monde (2005).