{"product_id":"legacies-of-enslavement-in-the-french-republic-politics-activism-reparation-9781836242697","title":"Legacies of Enslavement in the French Republic: Politics, Activism, Reparation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLegacies of Enslavement\u003c\/em\u003e in the French Republic explores the complex dynamics between social movements invested in remembering and addressing the legacies of African enslavement and the French State. Exploring 25 years of activism, from the build-up to the 150th anniversary of the Abolition Act (1998) through to the present day, the book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestigates strategies used by the French State to delink the recognition of France's enslaving past from contemporary issues with anti-Black racism and reparation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAsks why, in the wake of the first Taubira law that recognized slavery as a crime against humanity (2001), the state has legitimized the work of certain activist groups, while delegitimizing others.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses critical race theory and decolonial theory to examine the extent to which the State's approach to recognizing its past is structured by a 'colonial matrix of power'.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights and contests political and media misconceptions about reparations by showcasing the work of grassroots activists operating in France, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn doing so, \u003cem\u003eLegacies of Enslavement\u003c\/em\u003e showcases some of the key shifts that have taken place in the recent history of activist work operating in parallel with the successive metamorphoses of the French state as it responds to social and political pressure to recognize and repair the nation's enslaving past and its racial legacies today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrith, Nicola:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Nicola Frith is a Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Edinburgh.","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51615444140306,"sku":"9781836242697","price":175.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_21314399-0c94-46b9-a8fd-e23db7d1eab4.jpg?v=1758096421","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/legacies-of-enslavement-in-the-french-republic-politics-activism-reparation-9781836242697","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}