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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826588203321

Autore

Agnew Vijay

Titolo

Interrogating race and racism / / edited by Vijay Agnew

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4426-8544-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 p.)

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Racism - Canada

Racism

Discrimination in employment - Canada

Race

Electronic books.

Canada Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contradictions of 'racial' discourse / Peter S. Li -- From slavery to expulsion : racism, Canadian immigration law, and the unfulfilled promise of modern constitutionalism / Sharryn J. Aiken -- Citizenship, illegality, and sanctuary / Jean McDonald -- Colour my world : have earnings gaps for Canadian-born ethnic minorities changed over time? / Krishna Pendakur and Ravi Pendakur -- What does it take to achieve full integration? : economic (under)performance of Chinese immigrants in Canada / Shuguang Wang and Lucia Lo -- Racial discrimination in nursing / Rebecca Hagey, Jean Turrittin, and Tania Das Gupta -- Borders and exclusions : racial profiling in the new world order / Charles C. Smith -- Racism masquerading as nationalism : wars, Japanese-Americans, and Arab-Americans / Ezra Yoo-Hyeok Lee -- From displaying 'Jewish art' to (re)building German-Jewish history : the Jewish Museum Berlin / Robin Ostow -- Conundrum of inclusion : racialized women in public policy reports / Vijay Agnew -- From Africa to Canada : bordered spaces, border crossings, and imagined communities / Gillian Creese -- Being white and thinking black : an



interview with Frances Henry / Vijay Agnew.

Sommario/riassunto

Agnew delves into the public and private spheres of several distinct communities in order to expose the underlying inequalities within Canada's economic, social, legal, and political systems that frequently result in the denial of basic rights to migrant women.