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The banlieue, the mostly poor and working-class suburbs located on
the outskirts of major cities in France, gained international media
attention in late 2005 when riots broke out in some 250 such towns
across the country. Pitting first- and second-generation immigrant
teenagers against the police, the riots were an expression of the
multiplicity of troubles that have plagued these districts for
decades. This study provides an ethnographic account of life in a
Parisian banlieue and examines how the residents of this
multiethnic city come together to build, define, and put into
practice their collective life. The book focuses on the French
ideal of integration and its consequences within the multicultural
context of contemporary France. Based on research conducted in a
state-planned ville nouvelle, or New Town, the book also provides a
view on how the French state has used urban planning to shore up
national priorities for social integration. Collective Terms
proposes an alternative reading of French multiculturalism,
suggesting fresh ways for thinking through the complex mix of race,
class, nation, and culture that increasingly defines the modern
urban experience.
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