9 Focal Points: Reflections from the Foyers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I COMMUNITIES IN THE MAKING
6. Introduction 29
7. 1 Improvising the Foyers: Franco-African Institutions of Migration (1958–1967) 31
8. 2 Modern Buildings: Political Challenges, Administrative Anxieties, and the Consolidation of the Foyer System (1968–1979) 61
9. 3 Permanence and Decay: African Foyers, from Solution to Problem (1980s–1990s) 87
10. II PARTIAL ENDINGS
11. Introduction 111
12. 4 Tolerated Bonds: Living Together in the Foyers 115
13. 5 When Will the Foyers End? Contentious Renovations and Temporal Disjunctions 144
14. 6 Acknowledging Solidarity: Bureaucratic Relatedness, Hosting Practices, and Exclusionary Dynamics 174
15. III AMBIVALENT ATTACHMENTS, CONTESTED BELONGING
16. Introduction 199
17. 7 Foyermen: Class, Gender, and Race Across Generations 203
18. 8 Eroded Emplacement: Urban Incorporation, Containment Policies, and the Politics of Belonging 231
19. 9 Focal Points: Reflections from the Foyers 259
20. Acknowledgments 273
21. Notes 277
22. Bibliography 353
23. Index 383