TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘Sans Frontière et Race Today, des
vecteurs parallèles de l’héritage de
l’immigration?’
AU - Gordon, Daniel
N1 - N°Hors-série: Le patrimoine de
l’immigration en France et en Europe :
enjeu social et culturel
PY - 2013/1/31
Y1 - 2013/1/31
N2 - Comparisons between the phenomenon of
immigration in France and Great Britain
are often hindered by hackneyed
stereotypes. Yet there have been a
number of similarities and even perfect
correspondences between the two
countries, notably a discounted example
directly linked with the issue of heritage. In
the late 1970s and the early 1980s, both
countries witnessed a flurry of newspapers
published by minority groups, which
relished in the creative radicalism of the
leftwing/pro-immigration policy in the
wake of 1968. Race Today in Brixton and
Sans Frontière in Barbès have occupied
relatively marginal, precarious positions
within their respective national cultures,
but could both claim a certain degree of
credit for the change in social attitudes in
the long-term. These newspapers bore the
hallmark of the dominant ideologies in
their respective New Left circles: activism
centred on the idea of "race" in Great
Britain, as opposed to the universalist "no
borders" theme
characteristic of the French leftwing post-
1968. Their content nonetheless shares
common points at the crossroads between
politics and culture, with a fertile blend of
"firstgeneration" and "second-generation"
militantism. Both newspapers contributed
to transmitting the heritage of immigration
and the "memory of the people", according
to a regular column in Sans Frontière. On
both sides, contributors continued to
broadcast the heritage of immigration in
the mainstream national media after the
two newspapers ceased to exist. A
potential mutual contact point did indeed
exist at the time, since Race Today
became interested in the March for
Equality in 1983 and the Talbot strike in
1984, thereby forging links with certain
strands of the emerging "Beur"
movements in addition to the International
Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World
Books in London. However, the pages of
3 / 6
Race Today do not contain any reference
to Sans Frontière. This article will attempt
to explain this paradox. What were the
successes and failures of transmitting
immigrant heritage between generations,
between minority and majority
communities and either side of the
Channel? Are there any differences in the
way each newspaper has been preserved
for posterity?
AB - Comparisons between the phenomenon of
immigration in France and Great Britain
are often hindered by hackneyed
stereotypes. Yet there have been a
number of similarities and even perfect
correspondences between the two
countries, notably a discounted example
directly linked with the issue of heritage. In
the late 1970s and the early 1980s, both
countries witnessed a flurry of newspapers
published by minority groups, which
relished in the creative radicalism of the
leftwing/pro-immigration policy in the
wake of 1968. Race Today in Brixton and
Sans Frontière in Barbès have occupied
relatively marginal, precarious positions
within their respective national cultures,
but could both claim a certain degree of
credit for the change in social attitudes in
the long-term. These newspapers bore the
hallmark of the dominant ideologies in
their respective New Left circles: activism
centred on the idea of "race" in Great
Britain, as opposed to the universalist "no
borders" theme
characteristic of the French leftwing post-
1968. Their content nonetheless shares
common points at the crossroads between
politics and culture, with a fertile blend of
"firstgeneration" and "second-generation"
militantism. Both newspapers contributed
to transmitting the heritage of immigration
and the "memory of the people", according
to a regular column in Sans Frontière. On
both sides, contributors continued to
broadcast the heritage of immigration in
the mainstream national media after the
two newspapers ceased to exist. A
potential mutual contact point did indeed
exist at the time, since Race Today
became interested in the March for
Equality in 1983 and the Talbot strike in
1984, thereby forging links with certain
strands of the emerging "Beur"
movements in addition to the International
Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World
Books in London. However, the pages of
3 / 6
Race Today do not contain any reference
to Sans Frontière. This article will attempt
to explain this paradox. What were the
successes and failures of transmitting
immigrant heritage between generations,
between minority and majority
communities and either side of the
Channel? Are there any differences in the
way each newspaper has been preserved
for posterity?
UR - http://www.generiques.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/GORDON1.pdf
M3 - Article (journal)
JO - Migrance
JF - Migrance
SN - 1168-0814
ER -