Culture on the weekend: Maghrebin women’s adaptation in France Available to Purchase

Conducts in‐depth interviews with 45 female North African immigrants to France about what they preferred and disliked in each country and about their own cultural behaviours. Cites individuals were concerned at the cold and distant interactions of the French and their relationship to money together with the stress of living in France, and liked the opportunities for employment and education and the greater freedoms for women. Considers the adaptations these women make towards French cultural norm and the specific traditions they actively maintain.