Des Kabyles « perdus » en région parisienne

Between the two world wars, emigration from colonized Algeria was characterized by a noria phenomenon that encouraged the perpetuation of a rural peasantry then heading for deconstruction. Emigration was also intensified by a concomitant break by individual men leaving their home communities, someti...

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Main Author: Emmanuel Blanchard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2018-11-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/11699
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description Between the two world wars, emigration from colonized Algeria was characterized by a noria phenomenon that encouraged the perpetuation of a rural peasantry then heading for deconstruction. Emigration was also intensified by a concomitant break by individual men leaving their home communities, sometimes for years or even permanently. Through new sources, this article proposes, a re-reading of the emigrant amjah figure originally delineated by Abdelmalek Sayad. A review of missing persons claims filed by abandoned or worried families with colonial administrators permit a reassessment of these immigrants, many of whom, far from being ‘lost’ in the Paris area, joined the labor force and rebuilt their lives with their French or immigrant wives.
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spelling doaj.art-f8c84a3353814c869733e492f0b2356a2024-02-13T15:20:33ZengUniversité de ProvenceRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée0997-13272105-22712018-11-01144vol 14410.4000/remmm.11699Des Kabyles « perdus » en région parisienneEmmanuel BlanchardBetween the two world wars, emigration from colonized Algeria was characterized by a noria phenomenon that encouraged the perpetuation of a rural peasantry then heading for deconstruction. Emigration was also intensified by a concomitant break by individual men leaving their home communities, sometimes for years or even permanently. Through new sources, this article proposes, a re-reading of the emigrant amjah figure originally delineated by Abdelmalek Sayad. A review of missing persons claims filed by abandoned or worried families with colonial administrators permit a reassessment of these immigrants, many of whom, far from being ‘lost’ in the Paris area, joined the labor force and rebuilt their lives with their French or immigrant wives.https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/11699migrationscolonizationAlgeriaadministrationsrequestspleas
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Des Kabyles « perdus » en région parisienne
Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
migrations
colonization
Algeria
administrations
requests
pleas
title Des Kabyles « perdus » en région parisienne
title_full Des Kabyles « perdus » en région parisienne
title_fullStr Des Kabyles « perdus » en région parisienne
title_full_unstemmed Des Kabyles « perdus » en région parisienne
title_short Des Kabyles « perdus » en région parisienne
title_sort des kabyles perdus en region parisienne
topic migrations
colonization
Algeria
administrations
requests
pleas
url https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/11699
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