Title
The Rise of the Precariat? Unemployment and Social Identity in a French Outer City
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2016
Department 1
French
Abstract
Drawing on ethnographic field research conducted in a French banlieue (outer city), this chapter considers recent claims made by intellectuals and other public commentators about the rise of a precariat (precarious proletariat). It asks how this term may obscure or conceal old and emergent inequalities.
Recommended Citation
Murphy, John P. "The Rise of the Precariat? Unemployment and Social Identity in a French Outer City." Anthropologies of Unemployment: New Perspectives on Work and Its Absence. Eds. Jong Bum Kwon and Carrie M. Lane. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2016. 71-96.