“A city where I have no place”: Immigrant Women's Integration to the City

In this article, I situate the experience of immigrant women in the city, based on empirical data collected with North African immigrant women living in the cities of Montreal and Marseille. I examine their life trajectories, practices, and socio-urban experiences through the concept of the right to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Postscriptum: an interdisciplinary journal of literary studies 2022-07, Vol.VII (ii)
1. Verfasser: Sonia Ben Soltane
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In this article, I situate the experience of immigrant women in the city, based on empirical data collected with North African immigrant women living in the cities of Montreal and Marseille. I examine their life trajectories, practices, and socio-urban experiences through the concept of the right to the city. Analysis of this data demonstrates a limited contribution outside domestic space and a fragile right to the city that resides mainly in strategies of resistance and self-identification.
ISSN:2456-7507
DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7559043