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North African Women in France: Gender, Culture, and Identity
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North African Women in France: Gender, Culture, and Identity Hardcover - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Caitlin Killian


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In recent decades more Algerian, Moroccan, and Tunisian women have immigrated to France than men, yet despite their increasing numbers first generation immigrant women are rarely the focus of research.
In this sociological study, Caitlin Killian examines how Muslim women construct and manage their identities in the midst of a foreign culture--what they hold on to from their countries of origin and what they decide to embrace in France, why some immigrant women cope better with challenges in their new country than others, and how they raise children who will one day be French. She demonstrates that these women engage in selective acculturation and highlights their ability to resist labels that do not fit with their self perceptions. These findings point to the flexibility of personal identity, even among visible minorities whose self-identification choices were previously thought to be highly constrained.

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  • Title North African Women in France: Gender, Culture, and Identity
  • Author Caitlin Killian
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 296
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stanford University Press
  • Date 2006-07-07
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780804754200 / 0804754209
  • Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.32 x 0.83 in (22.86 x 16.05 x 2.11 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Muslim women - France, North Africans - France
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006005158
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.486

About the author

Caitlin Killian is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Drew University.
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