From cultural citizenship to suspect citizenship

Notes on rethinking full societal inclusion

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ID7739481
AuthorsJ Beaman (0000-0002-1645-0968, University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA; Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume35
Issue1-2
Pages60-70
Publication date2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCultural Dynamics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0921-3740 • E-ISSN: 1461-7048
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/09213740231171261
OpenAlexW4365147552
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited26

Based on past and current ethnographic research and interviews with ethnic minorities in the Parisian metropolitan region, I argue that despite France’s colorblind and Republican ethos, France’s “visible minorities” function under a “suspect citizenship” in which their full societal belonging is never granted. I focus on the growing problem of state violence against ethnic minorities which reveals how France is creating a “bright boundary” (Alba 2005) between whites and non-whites, furthering disparate outcomes based on race and ethnic origin. By considering the multifaceted dimensions of citizenship and belonging in France, I demonstrate the limitations of full societal inclusion for France’s non-white denizens and how French Republicanism continues to mark, rather than erase, racial and ethnic distinctions

Citizenship · Criminology · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Ethos · Multiculturalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Suspect · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Identity, and Health · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · North African History and Literature

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