To Hell and Back The Life of Samira Bellil

Name: To Hell and Back The Life of Samira Bellil
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ISBN: 9780803213562

ISBN-10: 0803213565

ISBN-13: 9780803213562

Edition: 2008

Authors: Samira Bellil, Lucy R. McNair, Alec G. Hargreaves

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Every now and then violence erupts in thebanlieuesof France allowing the world a glimpse into the grimmest corners of these multiethnic suburban ghettos. From such a corner comes the story of Samira Bellil, who by raising her voice and telling her tale broke the 0;code of silence1; imposed by many in her immigrant community and the willful ignorance of society at large. In this book, Bellil describes her life in the Parisian suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis. The child of Algerian parents, she was fostered by a Belgian family until the age of five while her father was in prison. Bellil returned to a violent home and grew up to rebel against an increasingly repressive environment. Gang-raped at…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 10/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.40" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.594



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Jaid and K.



Alone



K.



"Cellar Sluts"



Two Families



The Charge



Mathieu



Runaways



The Grind



Shelter



Algeria



I remember ...



Confrontation



That Damn Bag!



Hell-bent



Saint-Denis



My "Trial" ...



The Fight



Grilled



Insaf, Barry ...



Therapy



Let's ... Drop It



"First, I Want to Thank the Honorable Judge ..."


Epilogue: My Book


Postface to the First Edition


Postface to the Second Edition