{"product_id":"9780253112088","title":"Muslim Girls and the Other France: Race, Identity Politics, and Social Exclusion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[Keaton] provides the most in-depth analysis of the predicament of\u003cbr\u003e French Arabs and Africans living in the suburbs of Paris.... [O]ne can read the book\u003cbr\u003e through the lens of such great African American writers and activists as Richard\u003cbr\u003e Wright, James Baldwin, and Malcolm X.... [It] contains an implicit warning to you,\u003cbr\u003e France, not to repeat the American racism in your country.\" -- from the\u003cbr\u003e foreword by Manthia Diawara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuslim girls growing up in the\u003cbr\u003e outer-cities of Paris are portrayed many ways in popular discourse -- as oppressed,\u003cbr\u003e submissive, foreign, \"kids from the projects,\" even as veil-wearing\u003cbr\u003e menaces to France's national identity -- but rarely are they perceived simply as\u003cbr\u003e what they say they are: French. Amid widespread perceptions of heightened urban\u003cbr\u003e violence attributed to Muslims and highly publicized struggles over whether Muslim\u003cbr\u003e students should be allowed to wear headscarves to school, Muslim girls often appear\u003cbr\u003e to be the quintessential \"other.\" In this vivid, evocative study, Trica\u003cbr\u003e Danielle Keaton draws on ethnographic research in schools, housing projects, and\u003cbr\u003e other settings among Muslim teenagers of North and West African origin. She finds\u003cbr\u003e contradictions between the ideal of universalism and the lived reality of ethnic\u003cbr\u003e distinction and racialized discrimination. The author's own experiences as an\u003cbr\u003e African American woman and non-Muslim are key parts of her analysis. Keaton makes a\u003cbr\u003e powerful statement about identity, race, and educational politics in contemporary\u003cbr\u003e France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067639644400,"sku":"9780253112088","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253112088_p0.jpg?v=1763681050","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253112088","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}