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Renaissance of Ethnicity? Self-Identifications of the Second and Third Generation of Algerian Immigrants in France
Renaissance of Ethnicity? Self-Identifications of the Second and Third Generation of Algerian Immigrants in France
Thursday, July 17, 2014: 11:45 AM
Room: Booth 60
Oral Presentation
The paper presents the results of an empirical research on the self-identifications of people belonging to the second and third generation of Algerian immigrants in France. The aim of the research was to investigate in which situations the Frenchmen of Algerian origin (FAO) feel included and in which excluded from the various collectivities, eg. collectivity of the Frenchmen, of the Algierians or of the people belonging to the other important social (not only ethnic or national) categories.
The choice of FAO stemmed from the fact of their strong, connected with numerous contradictions, attachment both to the country they live in and its culture (France) and to the country and culture of their origin (Algeria), also from their ambivalent attitude towards the suburbs of the French cities which they are very often identified with in the context of riots erupting there every few years.
The project answers to the questions concerning the variables that differentiate the identifications of FAO with various social categories and give the classification of situations which occurrence is conducive to the appearance of self-identification of a particular kind.
The results are based on a content analysis of 25 autobiographical novels written by FAO authors and published in France between 2000 and 2012 and the biographical method by F. Znaniecki and his principle of “humanistic coefficient” was used in the project.
Indicating the situations in which FAO still feel different than other citizens of their own country can show the areas of social life that require reconsideration in the terms of the state's integrating policy.
The choice of FAO stemmed from the fact of their strong, connected with numerous contradictions, attachment both to the country they live in and its culture (France) and to the country and culture of their origin (Algeria), also from their ambivalent attitude towards the suburbs of the French cities which they are very often identified with in the context of riots erupting there every few years.
The project answers to the questions concerning the variables that differentiate the identifications of FAO with various social categories and give the classification of situations which occurrence is conducive to the appearance of self-identification of a particular kind.
The results are based on a content analysis of 25 autobiographical novels written by FAO authors and published in France between 2000 and 2012 and the biographical method by F. Znaniecki and his principle of “humanistic coefficient” was used in the project.
Indicating the situations in which FAO still feel different than other citizens of their own country can show the areas of social life that require reconsideration in the terms of the state's integrating policy.