Black socialities

Name: Black socialities
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Urban resistance and the struggle beyond recognition in Paris

Vanessa Eileen Thompson

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English

Manchester University Press
05 August 2026

Sociology; Social & cultural anthropology; Political activism

Series: Racism, Resistance and Social Change

This is a cutting-edge exploration of black urban politics in Parisian racialised working class and working poor districts, the formation of abolition geography, and the possibilities of new forms of political blackness.

In Black Socialities: urban resistance and the struggle beyond recognition in Paris, Vanessa E. Thompson argues that black urban politics in the French banlieues are multi-racial and spatially grounded towards abolition. Based on a close engagement with urban black activist practices against racial imagery in the city, policing and state racism, and housing insecurity, she shows how radical anti-racism goes beyond struggles for recognition and unfolds alongside new formations of political blackness that is based on urban conviviality.

This form of black politics has much to teach us in this current conjuncture of liberal anti-racism and state recognition politics.

By: Vanessa Eileen Thompson
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 494g
ISBN: 9781526168641
ISBN 10: 1526168642
Series: Racism, Resistance and Social Change
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 05 August 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 Engaging the quartiers populaires 2 Tearing off banania grins 3 Struggles beyond recognition 4 Policing as un-breathing 5 Resistance and creation in Paris 6 Black liminal infrastructures Conclusion: From black lives matter to abolition -- .

Vanessa E. Thompson is Assistant Professor and Distinguished Professor of Black Studies and Social Justice at Queen's University, Canada.