Le Moigne, Y, Smithsimon, F and Schafran, AB orcid.org/0000-0003-1990-925X (2016) Ni la race ni le 93 ne sont ce que nous croyons qu’ils sont / Neither race nor the 9-3 are what you think they are. Hérodote, 162 (3). pp. 99-124. ISSN 0338-487X
Abstract
This article aims at offering an American perspective on the study of Seine-Saint-Denis, a territory that has been the subject of numerous negative representations and that has often been compared to American ghettos. Like many American scholars, we use the concept of « race » (understood as a social construct) as a key lens for understanding geography and geopolitics. But France famously denies the validity of this lens. Both race as a critical analytical tool and Seine-Saint-Denis are the subject of distorting representations which prevent us from understanding their complexity. Consequently and in a comparative perspective, we will focus on three facets of this racial lens (racial politics, racialized stigma and questions of representation) to show both the complexity and utility of race as a concept, and the diversity and complexity of Seine-Saint-Denis as a place. We will insist on the necessity to develop a French way of understanding race in order to deconstruct fantasies and stereotypes, to struggle against the essentialization of racialized territories such as Seine-Saint-Denis, and to better comprehend the processes of domination at work in French society.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > SOG: Cities & Social Justice (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2016 08:50 |
Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2017 13:14 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.3917/her.162.0099 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Institut Français de Géopolitique |
Identification Number: | 10.3917/her.162.0099 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:104058 |