Minority Studies

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Rethinking the Great White North

Canadian national identity is bound to the idea of a Great White North. Images of snow, wilderness, and emptiness seem innocent, yet this path-breaking book reveals they contain the seeds of racism. Informed ...

The Canadian War on Queers

From the 1950s to the late 1990s, agents of the state spied on, interrogated, and harassed gays and lesbians in Canada, employing social ideologies and other practices to construct their targets as threats ...

Identity/Difference Politics

Par (auteur) Rita Dhamoon
Catégories: Politique et gouvernement

Theories of liberal multiculturalism have come to dominate debates
about identity and difference politics in contemporary western
political theory. Identity/Difference Politics offers a
nuanced critique ...

Strangers in the Mirror

Édité par Sanjay Talreja
Catégories: Social Science

This collection of essays considers the representations of minorities in the cultural space of Canada: the national news media; advertising, school and university curricula; and museums, art and entertainment. ...

Media and Minorities

Par (auteur) Augie Fleras & Jean Lock Kunz
Catégories: Social Science

Canadians take great pride in their country’s commitment to multiculturalism. Institutions that deny ethnic and racial diversity are not only seen as offensive, but they also compromise the challenge ...