Mark Ingram is Professor of French Transnational Studies at Goucher College. His publications include Rites of the Republic: Citizens' Theatre and the Politics of Culture in Southern France (University of Toronto Press, 2011), and other works that have appeared in edited volumes, such as Urban Bridges, Global Capital(s): Trans-Mediterranean Francosphères (Liverpool University Press, 2021), and in journals such as City and Society and French Politics, Culture, & Society.

“This volume offers an interdisciplinary range of original, complementary and innovative contributions which grasp the complexities of Marseille – in terms of urban geography, culture and politics in particular – in a very complete, efficient and accessible way.” • Etienne Achille, Villanova University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Marseille MosaicMark Ingram and Kathryn KleppingerPart I: The Presence of the Past in Contemporary MarseilleChapter 1. Epidemics, Disinformation, and Financial Meltdown: Lessons from the Great Plague of Marseille of 1720Junko Takeda.Chapter 2. Belle Époque Marseille in the 21st Century: Jean Contrucci’s Les nouveaux mystères de Marseille seriesKathryn KleppingerChapter 3. Clientelism, Discrimination, and Adaptation in Marseille’s Housing System (1960-1980)Ed NaylorPart II: Scenes of Marseille Myth-Making Chapter 4. Marseille’s Algerian Side in Visual Arts: A Cultural-Historical ApproachAnissa Bouayed, translated by Annie Jamison Chapter 5. Contentious Cosmopolitanism: Transnational Circulations in the Life Trajectories of Reggae/Ragga Artists in MarseilleJean-Christophe Sevin, translated by Annie JamisonChapter 6. The Pitfalls of “Marseillology” and How to Avoid ThemNicolas Maisetti and Cesare Mattina, translated by Willemina Don Part III: Visibility and Invisibility in Marseille’s Social FabricChapter 7. Muslims in Marseille’s Public Space: Belated Recognition, Ambivalent VisibilityVincent Geisser, translated by Willemina DonChapter 8. True Grit: Representing the Quartiers Nord of Marseille in Karim Dridi’s FilmsChong J. BretillonChapter 9. Political and Civic Engagements of Women from Postcolonial Immigrant Backgrounds in MarseilleMarie Berroir, translated by Annie JamisonPart IV: Current Interventions in Urban Space Chapter 10. Justification of Renewal as a Long and Winding Road: Discrediting the City to Better Transform ItMarie Beschon, translated by Hilary S. HandinChapter 11. Marseille as Privatopia: The Collapsing City, the Gated CityÉlisabeth Dorier, translated by Hilary S. HandinChapter 12. “Publicizing” Urban Space: The Outreach Work of Marseillais Theatres Hors les MursRebecca Free and Mark IngramChapter 13. La Friche la Belle de Mai: Future Third-Place Arts District of Marseille?Fabrice Lextrait, translated by Helen FishmanPart V: AfterwordsChapter 14. Marseille, From the Global to the ProvincialMichel Peraldi, translated by Willemina DonChapter 15. The Forty-Ninth Wilaya: The Marseille Mosaic and Algerian AccentsTodd Shepard

Mark Ingram is Professor of French Transnational Studies at Goucher College. His publications include Rites of the Republic: Citizens' Theatre and the Politics of Culture in Southern France (University of Toronto Press, 2011), and other works that have appeared in edited volumes, such as Urban Bridges, Global Capital(s): Trans-Mediterranean Francosphères (Liverpool University Press, 2021), and in journals such as City and Society and French Politics, Culture, & Society.

“This volume offers an interdisciplinary range of original, complementary and innovative contributions which grasp the complexities of Marseille – in terms of urban geography, culture and politics in particular – in a very complete, efficient and accessible way.” • Etienne Achille, Villanova University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Marseille MosaicMark Ingram and Kathryn KleppingerPart I: The Presence of the Past in Contemporary MarseilleChapter 1. Epidemics, Disinformation, and Financial Meltdown: Lessons from the Great Plague of Marseille of 1720Junko Takeda.Chapter 2. Belle Époque Marseille in the 21st Century: Jean Contrucci’s Les nouveaux mystères de Marseille seriesKathryn KleppingerChapter 3. Clientelism, Discrimination, and Adaptation in Marseille’s Housing System (1960-1980)Ed NaylorPart II: Scenes of Marseille Myth-Making Chapter 4. Marseille’s Algerian Side in Visual Arts: A Cultural-Historical ApproachAnissa Bouayed, translated by Annie Jamison Chapter 5. Contentious Cosmopolitanism: Transnational Circulations in the Life Trajectories of Reggae/Ragga Artists in MarseilleJean-Christophe Sevin, translated by Annie JamisonChapter 6. The Pitfalls of “Marseillology” and How to Avoid ThemNicolas Maisetti and Cesare Mattina, translated by Willemina Don Part III: Visibility and Invisibility in Marseille’s Social FabricChapter 7. Muslims in Marseille’s Public Space: Belated Recognition, Ambivalent VisibilityVincent Geisser, translated by Willemina DonChapter 8. True Grit: Representing the Quartiers Nord of Marseille in Karim Dridi’s FilmsChong J. BretillonChapter 9. Political and Civic Engagements of Women from Postcolonial Immigrant Backgrounds in MarseilleMarie Berroir, translated by Annie JamisonPart IV: Current Interventions in Urban Space Chapter 10. Justification of Renewal as a Long and Winding Road: Discrediting the City to Better Transform ItMarie Beschon, translated by Hilary S. HandinChapter 11. Marseille as Privatopia: The Collapsing City, the Gated CityÉlisabeth Dorier, translated by Hilary S. HandinChapter 12. “Publicizing” Urban Space: The Outreach Work of Marseillais Theatres Hors les MursRebecca Free and Mark IngramChapter 13. La Friche la Belle de Mai: Future Third-Place Arts District of Marseille?Fabrice Lextrait, translated by Helen FishmanPart V: AfterwordsChapter 14. Marseille, From the Global to the ProvincialMichel Peraldi, translated by Willemina DonChapter 15. The Forty-Ninth Wilaya: The Marseille Mosaic and Algerian AccentsTodd Shepard

Mark Ingram is Professor of French Transnational Studies at Goucher College. His publications include Rites of the Republic: Citizens' Theatre and the Politics of Culture in Southern France (University of Toronto Press, 2011), and other works that have appeared in edited volumes, such as Urban Bridges, Global Capital(s): Trans-Mediterranean Francosphères (Liverpool University Press, 2021), and in journals such as City and Society and French Politics, Culture, & Society.

“This volume offers an interdisciplinary range of original, complementary and innovative contributions which grasp the complexities of Marseille – in terms of urban geography, culture and politics in particular – in a very complete, efficient and accessible way.” • Etienne Achille, Villanova University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Marseille MosaicMark Ingram and Kathryn KleppingerPart I: The Presence of the Past in Contemporary MarseilleChapter 1. Epidemics, Disinformation, and Financial Meltdown: Lessons from the Great Plague of Marseille of 1720Junko Takeda.Chapter 2. Belle Époque Marseille in the 21st Century: Jean Contrucci’s Les nouveaux mystères de Marseille seriesKathryn KleppingerChapter 3. Clientelism, Discrimination, and Adaptation in Marseille’s Housing System (1960-1980)Ed NaylorPart II: Scenes of Marseille Myth-Making Chapter 4. Marseille’s Algerian Side in Visual Arts: A Cultural-Historical ApproachAnissa Bouayed, translated by Annie Jamison Chapter 5. Contentious Cosmopolitanism: Transnational Circulations in the Life Trajectories of Reggae/Ragga Artists in MarseilleJean-Christophe Sevin, translated by Annie JamisonChapter 6. The Pitfalls of “Marseillology” and How to Avoid ThemNicolas Maisetti and Cesare Mattina, translated by Willemina Don Part III: Visibility and Invisibility in Marseille’s Social FabricChapter 7. Muslims in Marseille’s Public Space: Belated Recognition, Ambivalent VisibilityVincent Geisser, translated by Willemina DonChapter 8. True Grit: Representing the Quartiers Nord of Marseille in Karim Dridi’s FilmsChong J. BretillonChapter 9. Political and Civic Engagements of Women from Postcolonial Immigrant Backgrounds in MarseilleMarie Berroir, translated by Annie JamisonPart IV: Current Interventions in Urban Space Chapter 10. Justification of Renewal as a Long and Winding Road: Discrediting the City to Better Transform ItMarie Beschon, translated by Hilary S. HandinChapter 11. Marseille as Privatopia: The Collapsing City, the Gated CityÉlisabeth Dorier, translated by Hilary S. HandinChapter 12. “Publicizing” Urban Space: The Outreach Work of Marseillais Theatres Hors les MursRebecca Free and Mark IngramChapter 13. La Friche la Belle de Mai: Future Third-Place Arts District of Marseille?Fabrice Lextrait, translated by Helen FishmanPart V: AfterwordsChapter 14. Marseille, From the Global to the ProvincialMichel Peraldi, translated by Willemina DonChapter 15. The Forty-Ninth Wilaya: The Marseille Mosaic and Algerian AccentsTodd Shepard