The first decades of the new millennium have been marked by major political changes. Although The West has wished to revisit internal and international politics concerning migration policies, refugee status, integration, secularism, and the dismantling of communitarianism, events like the Syrian refugee crisis, the terrorist attacks in France in 2015-2016, and the economic crisis of 2008 have resurrected concepts such as national identity, integration, citizenship and re-shaping state policies in many developed countries. In France and Canada, more recent public elections have brought complex democratic political figures like Emmanuel Macron and Justin Trudeau to the public eye. Both leaders were elected based on their promising political agendas that aimed at bringing their countries into the new millennium; Trudeau promotes multiculturalism, while Macron touts the diverse nation and the inclusion of diverse ethnic communities to the national model. This edited collection aims to establish a dialogue between these two countries and across disciplines in search of such discursive illustrations and opposing discourses. Analyzing the cultural and political tensions between minority groups and the state in light of political events that question ideas of citizenship and belonging to a multicultural nation, the chapters in this volume serve as a testimonial to the multiple views on the political and public perception of multicultural practices and their national and international applicability to our current geopolitical context.
Author(s): Ramona Mielusel ; Simona Emilia Pruteanu
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: xvii+260
Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Realities of Multicultural Societies
References
Part I: Citizenship and Integration: Espousing or Combating Official Political Discourses on Multiculturalism and National Identity
Chapter 2: Nationalistic Secularism and the Critique of Canadian Multiculturalism in Quebec
Introduction
Quiet Secularization
Invisible Secularism
Nationalist Secularism
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Francophones, Multiculturalism and Interculturalism in Canada, Quebec and Europe
Will Kymlicka’s Definition of Culture
Kymlicka’s Multiculturalism: Views and Inquiry
Multiculturalism and Religion
Tariq Modood and Multiculturalism in the United Kingdom
Christian Joppke’s Is Multiculturalism Dead?
Interculturalism in Europe
Interculturalism in Quebec and Canadian Multiculturalism
The Bouchard-Taylor Commission (2008) and Cultural Relations in Quebec in 2019
Doug Saunders and Arrival City
The Desire to Belong?
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: The Regulation of Migration, Integration, and of Multiculturalism in Twenty-First-Century France
Introduction
Theoretical Considerations: The Politics of Migration
Theoretical Considerations: The Politics of ‘Integration’ and Multiculturalism
Migration Policy and Integration Under Sarkozy and Hollande
Sarkozy’s Regulation of Migration
The Politics of Integration Under Sarkozy
Migration and Integration Under François Hollande
Macronisme, Migration, and Integration
Conclusions
References
Chapter 5: Representing French Citizenship and Belonging in La Desintégration (2011) by Philippe Faucon
Contextualization of the Malaise in France and the Rise of Youth Radicalization
Disintegration of the French Republican Model in Faucon’s La Désintégration
Conclusion
References
Part II: How Can One Be Muslim, Immigrant and French? Literary and Cinematic Expressions of Belonging in France and Québec
Chapter 6: Redefining Frenchness: Thomté Ryam’s Banlieue Noire and En attendant que le bus explose
Fictional Testimonies, Testimonial Fictions
Narrative Polyphony and Multi-Ethnic Urban Peripheries
References
Chapter 7: The Integration of Muslim Maghrebis into Quebec: France as the Model Not to Follow
Introduction
From France’s Rejection to Quebec’s Seduction
French and Quebec Politics: Similar Debates, Different Answers
Maghrebis of France and Quebec: A Shared Socio-Economic Reality, a Shared Future?
Maghrebi Writers of Quebec: Becoming Quebecers
Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Feminist Citizenship in the Banlieue: Houda Benyamina’s Divines (2016)
References
Filmography
Chapter 9: “Let me explain: this is who I am”: Interview with Anita Aloisio with Introduction by Dervila Cooke
Introduction
Interview with Anita Aloisio
Conclusion
References
Part III: Framing Identity and Nationality: Crimmigration, Islamophobia and the Politics of Ethnic Exclusion
Chapter 10: Shy Elitism: A New Keyword in Critical Multiculturalism Studies
Introduction
“Gentlemanly Experts in the Business of Fighting Gentleman Bigots”: The Early Years of Multiculturalism
“Racists and Liberals Differed Significantly”: Frances Henry and a Canadian Race Relations Industry
Multiculturalism Means Business
Conclusion
References
Chapter 11: On the Islamophobic Mind and Its Agenda in France
Islamophobia and the Intellectual Landscape in France
Conceptualization of Islamophobia
The Return of a Concept
Phobia Between Feeling and Fueling the Feeling
Islamophobia and the Perverted Meaning
Islamophobia and Its Agenda
References
Chapter 12: Framing the Immigration Discourse and Drawing the Citizen: Concrete Representations of the “Migration Crisis” in Comics Journalism
Mis-representing Immigrants: What’s in a Word?
The Reporter as Author and Witness: Literary Reportage Versus News Coverage
Conclusion
References
Chapter 13: Navigating Diversity: Multiculturalism as a Heuristic
Introduction
The Political Challenges of Cultural Diversity
Multiculturalism and Political Intent in Canada
Multiculturalism as a Heuristic
Multiculturalism and Hope
References
Index
