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oapen-20.500.12657-301452024-03-25T09:51:10Z Constructing Muslims in France Fredette, Jennifer Political Science Banlieue Discrimination France Hijab Islam Islam in France Muslims thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory The standing of French Muslims is undercut by a predominant and persistent elite public discourse that frames Muslims as failed and incomplete French citizens. This situation fosters the very separations, exclusions, and hierarchies it claims to deplore as Muslims face discrimination in education, housing, and employment. In Constructing Muslims in France, Jennifer Fredette provides a deft empirical analysis to show the political diversity and complicated identity politics of this relatively new population. She examines the public identity of French Muslims and evaluates images in popular media to show how stereotyped notions of racial and religious differences pervade French public discourse. While rights may be a sine qua non for fighting legal and political inequality, Fredette shows that additional tools such as media access are needed to combat social inequality, particularly when it comes in the form of unfavorable discursive frames and public disrespect. 2018-05-18 23:55 2020-03-07 03:00:26 2020-04-01T12:46:11Z 2020-04-01T12:46:11Z 2014-02-01 book 649955 OCN: 868068591 9781439910306 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30145 eng application/pdf n/a 649955.pdf Temple University Press 10.26530/oapen_469365 10.26530/oapen_469365 126074ec-499d-4e24-a17f-09a9c593ec01 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781439910306 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 103429 KU Pilot Knowledge Unlatched open access
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The standing of French Muslims is undercut by a predominant and persistent elite public discourse that frames Muslims as failed and incomplete French citizens. This situation fosters the very separations, exclusions, and hierarchies it claims to deplore as Muslims face discrimination in education, housing, and employment. In Constructing Muslims in France, Jennifer Fredette provides a deft empirical analysis to show the political diversity and complicated identity politics of this relatively new population. She examines the public identity of French Muslims and evaluates images in popular media to show how stereotyped notions of racial and religious differences pervade French public discourse. While rights may be a sine qua non for fighting legal and political inequality, Fredette shows that additional tools such as media access are needed to combat social inequality, particularly when it comes in the form of unfavorable discursive frames and public disrespect.
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