Black France: Colonialism, Immigration, and Transnationalism

Contents

CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgments xi Note on Translations xvii 1. Introduction: Black France in Transcolonial Contexts 1 2. Francocentrism and the Acquisition of Cultural Capital 41 3. Textual Ownership and the Global Mediation of Blackness 82 4. Rhetorical Mediations of Slavery 114 5. Afro-Parisianism and African Feminisms 131 6. Fashion Matters: La sape and Vestimentary Codes in Transnational Contexts and Urban Diasporas 155 7. African Youth in the Global Economy 185 Conclusion 206 Notes 213 Bibliography 261 Index 293 ...