At the Border : Margins and Peripheries in Modern France
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
French and Francophone Studies
ISBN-10
0708320767
ISBN-13
9780708320761
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Imprint
University of Wales Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 18th, 2007
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
424 grams
Dimensions
14.70 x 22.30 x 2.40 cms
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Through a discussion of border identities, this book presents a balance-sheet of key developments in modern French society and culture in the context of globalization. It seeks to re-define and re-consider the notion of the border in respect of the identification of a variety of visible and invisible 'border' situations.
For decades, France has been considered one of the world’s first and most fully formed nation-states—providing a global model of state-centered modernity. Events in recent years, however, such as the long-term presence of France’s North African population, the growth of Islam as France’s second-largest religion, the development of anti-centrist regional movements, and growing debates about French sexual and social identities have endowed the theme of borders with a special resonance in French studies.
This exciting interdisciplinary collection presents a series of perspectives on French border identities in the context of globalization, locating “border” situations in a variety of contexts—geographical, social, cultural, and sexual—that challenge preconceptions about the centrality of the nation-state as the foundation of contemporary French identity.
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