Resurrecting Slavery – Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France Fleming

Resurrecting SlaveryRacial Legacies and White Supremacy in France\nAuthor(s): Crystal Marie Fleming\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Temple University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781439914083, 978-1439914083\nSynopsis\nHow can politicians and ordinary citizens face the racial past in a country that frames itself as colorblind? In her timely and provocative book, Resurrecting Slavery, Crystal Fleming shows how people make sense of slavery in a nation where talking about race, colonialism, and slavery remains taboo. Noting how struggles over the meaning of racial history are informed by contemporary politics of race, she asks: What kinds of group identities are at stake today for activists and French people with ties to overseas territories where slavery took place?\n\nFleming investigates the connections and disconnections that are made between racism, slavery, and colonialism in France. She provides historical context and examines how poli.