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Author Raissiguier, Catherine, 1957-

Title Reinventing the Republic : gender, migration, and citizenship in France / Catherine Raissiguier
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 195 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction : taking on the Republic -- Sans-papiers : people and movements -- Framing the sans papières -- The legal construction of immigrant women in France -- Family matters : immigration, demography, and national politics -- Of Polish plumbers and Senegalese cleaning ladies -- Nanas, pédés, immigrés : solidarité?
Summary This book chronicles the struggles of undocumented migrant women in France as they fight to become rights-bearing citizens, revealing how concepts of citizenship and nationality intersect with gender, sexuality, and immigration
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index
Notes English
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Subject Women immigrants -- Political activity -- France
Women immigrants -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- France
Social sciences.
Social Sciences
social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Social sciences
Women immigrants -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Migratie (demografie)
Vrouwen.
Politieke aspecten.
Sociale aspecten.
SUBJECT France -- Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
France -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
France -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Subject France
Frankrijk.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010004866
ISBN 9780804774611
0804774617