The Silenced Memory of Paris Hôtels Meublés: Narratives of a Low-Key Diversity from an Uncertain Place
Résumé
This article discusses alternative frames and dissident narratives of
diversity through the analysis of Paris hˆotels meubl´es as historical
places of dwelling for newcomers in the city. Diversity used as an
analysis category puts into perspective both social imaginaries and
processes of identification. Through a double methodology combining
interviews with landlords and clients in 19 hotels and literature,
it argues that they are heterodox spaces negotiating identity norms
and assigned categories. Despite being forever ambiguous places,
they nurture patterns of low-key diversity that allow us to examine
the tensions between a politics of diversity and an ethics of diversity.
Domaines
Sociologie
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