The France of the Little-Middles A Suburban Housing Development in Greater Paris |
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Author:
| Cartier, Marie Coutant, Isabelle Masclet, Olivier Siblot, Yasmine |
Series title: | Anthropology of Europe Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-78533-228-9 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2016 |
Publisher: | Berghahn Books, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $170.95 |
Book Description:
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The Poplars housing development in suburban Paris is home to what one resident called the "Little-Middles" - a social group on the tenuous border between the working- and middle- classes. In the 1960s The Poplars was a site of upward social mobility, which fostered an egalitarian sense of community among residents. This feeling of collective flourishing was challenged when some residents moved away, selling their homes to a new generation of upwardly mobile neighbors from...
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The Poplars housing development in suburban Paris is home to what one resident called the "Little-Middles" - a social group on the tenuous border between the working- and middle- classes. In the 1960s The Poplars was a site of upward social mobility, which fostered an egalitarian sense of community among residents. This feeling of collective flourishing was challenged when some residents moved away, selling their homes to a new generation of upwardly mobile neighbors from predominantly immigrant backgrounds. This volume explores the strained reception of these migrants, arguing that this is less a product of racism and xenophobia than of anxiety about social class and the loss of a sense of community that reigned before.