"I really wanted to shed my French identity," she said, in English virtually devoid of an accent.

Others identified with Chippewa groups, while many others were subsumed in a "French" identity.

He is known for his work on French identity and memory.

The Ministry of Culture is also charged with maintaining the French identity.

Moreover, once it was inland Paris that emerged as a motor, other possibilities about the French identity began to emerge.

The country has tried to discourage "ghettoization" by ignoring ethnic or religious differences and emphasizing French identity above all.

Fewer than 2,000 are said to wear full-body veils, posing no obvious threat to French identity or security.

French identity is obsessively comparative; there is always an Other.

His opposition to the "flamangistes" was linked to a belief in the importance of French cultural identity.

He worries that haute cuisine, so central to French identity, may not survive.