Asian Canadian Studies Reader

Author : Roland Sintos Coloma,Gordon Pon
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442630284

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Asian Canadian Studies Reader by Roland Sintos Coloma,Gordon Pon Pdf

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Encountering Asian Canada -- 1 Asian Canadian Studies Now: Directions and Challenges -- 2 Nationals, Citizens, and Others -- 3 The Racial Subtext in Canada's Immigration Discourse -- 4 The Muslims Are Coming: The "Sharia Debate" in Canada -- 5 Looking for My Penis: The Eroticized Asian in Gay Video Porn -- Part Two: Ethnic Encounters -- 6 Cartographies of Violence: Creating Carceral Spaces and Expelling Japanese Canadians from the Nation -- 7 Redress Express: Chinese Restaurants and the Head Tax Issue in Canadian Art -- 8 Between Homes: Displacement and Belonging for Second-Generation Filipino-Canadian Youths -- Part Three: Intersectional Encounters -- 9 The Paradox of Diversity: The Construction of a Multicultural Canada and "Women of Color" -- 10 "A Woman Out of Control": Deconstructing Sexism and Racism in the University -- 11 Orientalizing "War Talk": Representations of the Gendered Muslim Body Post 9-11 in The Montreal Gazette -- Part Four: Comparative Encounters -- 12 Decolonizasian: Reading Asian and First Nations Relations in Literature -- 13 Marginalized and Dissident Non-Citizens: Foreign Domestic Workers -- 14 Residential Segregation of Visible Minority Groups in Toronto -- Part Five: Transnational Encounters -- 15 Sweet and Sour: Historical Presence and Diasporic Agency -- 16 Altered States: Global Currents, the Spectral Nation, and the Production of "Asian Canadian" -- 17 Whose Transnationalism? Canada, "Clash of Civilizations" Discourse and Arab and Muslim Canadians -- Part Six: After Encounters -- 18 Global Migrants and the New Pacific Canada -- 19 Asian Canada: Undone -- 20 "Too Asian?": On Racism, Paradox, and Ethno-nationalism -- Contributors

Author : Gordon Pon,Roland Sintos Coloma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Asians
ISBN : 1442630299

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Asian Canadian Studies Reader by Gordon Pon,Roland Sintos Coloma Pdf

"Roland Sintos Coloma and Gordon Pon's Asian Canadian Studies Reader brings together essential writings by leading and emerging scholars in the field to explore the vibrancy of the diverse Asian diaspora in Canada. The Reader is the perfect textbook for undergraduate courses in Race and Ethnic Studies and the Sociology of Migration. The volume is organized into four main: themes ethnic, intersectional, comparative, and transnational encounters. It critically engages topics regarding orientalism, settler colonialism, globalization, and nationalism. Each groundbreaking essay challenges our conventional understandings of diversity and multiculturalism by tackling the intricacies of racism and racialization. By capturing the rich diversity within Asian Canadian communities, Coloma and Pon dispel the perceptions of Asians as always immigrants, newcomers, or model minorities. The Asian Canadian Studies Reader is the first interdisciplinary collection of essays intended for undergraduate use about Canada's largest racialized minority group."--

Author : Xiaoping Li
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774841368

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Voices Rising by Xiaoping Li Pdf

This interdisciplinary inquiry examines Asian Canadian political and cultural activism around community building, identity making, racial equity, and social justice. Informed by a postcolonial and postmodern cultural critique, it traces the trajectory of progressive cultural discourse generated by Asian Canadian cultural activists over the course of several generations. Xiaoping Li draws on historical sources and personal testimonies to convincingly demonstrate how culture acts as a means of engagement with the political and social world. He addresses topical issues of "race," ethnicity, identity, and transculturalism.

Author : Nina Lee Aquino,Richard Paul Knowles
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group - Playwrights Canada Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0887549861

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Asian Canadian Theatre by Nina Lee Aquino,Richard Paul Knowles Pdf

This is the first book to consider the formation, history, and practice of Asian Canadian theatre.

Author : Christl Verduyn
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781554580231

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Asian Canadian Writing Beyond Autoethnography by Christl Verduyn Pdf

"Asian Canadian Writing beyond Autoethnography explores some of the latest developments in the literary and cultural practices of Canadians of Asian heritage. While earlier work by ethnic, multicultural, or minority writers in Canada was often concerned with immigration, the moment of arrival, issues of assimilation, and conflicts between generations, literary and cultural production in the new millennium no longer focuses solely on the conflict between the Old World and the New or the clashes between culture of origin and adopted culture. No longer are minority authors identifying simply with their ethnic or racial cultural background in opposition to dominant culture." "The essays in this collection explore ways in which Asian Canadian authors and artists have gone beyond what Francoise Lionnet calls autoethnography, or ethnographic autobiography. They demonstrate the ways representations of race and ethnicity, particularly in works by Asian Canadians in the last decade, have changed--have become more playful, untraditional, aesthetically and ideologically transgressive, and exciting."--Jacket.

Author : Ian L. Getty
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774843393

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As Long as the Sun Shines and Water Flows by Ian L. Getty Pdf

This collection of papers focuses on Canadian Native history since 1763 and presents an overview of official Canadian Indian policy and its effects on the Indian, Inuit, and Metis. Issues and themes covered include colonial Indian policy, constitutional developments, Indian treaties and policy, government decision-making and Native responses reflecting both persistence and change, and the broad issue of aboriginal and treaty rights.

Author : Victoria Kannen,Neil Shyminsky
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781773381428

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The Spaces and Places of Canadian Popular Culture by Victoria Kannen,Neil Shyminsky Pdf

An exclusively Canadian textbook, this collection investigates the relationships between identity, geography, and popular culture that are produced and consumed in this sprawling country. Expanding beyond the clichés of friendliness and snow, this text provides a fresh perspective on what it means to be Canadian, both nationally and transnationally. Scholars look at historical subjects like Québécois identity and Indigenous self-representation and explore issues in contemporary media, including music, film, television, comic books, video games, and social media. From Drake to the Tragically Hip, Trailer Park Boys to The Amazing Race Canada, and poutine to maple syrup, mainstream icons and trends are studied in the interdisciplinary context of race, gender, sexuality, politics, and patriotism. Contributing to the location of Canadian popular culture, this unique resource will engage students and scholars of communication studies, cultural studies, and Canadian studies. FEATURES - Includes key concepts and theories and a glossary - Engages students with relatable historical and contemporary examples of Canadiana through a breadth of media, including television shows, websites, journals, celebrities, newspapers, literature, comic books, video games, music, and films - Ensures equal representation of a national and transnational Canada, which includes examples of race, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity, with particular attention to geographical intricacies that contain all provinces and territories

Author : Alan F. J. Artibise,Association for Canadian Studies,International Council for Canadian Studies
Publisher : Montréal : Association for Canadian Studies = Association des études canadiennes ; Ottawa : International Council for Canadian Studies = Conseil international d'études canadiennes
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0919363172

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Canadian Studies in Asia by Alan F. J. Artibise,Association for Canadian Studies,International Council for Canadian Studies Pdf

Author : Brenda A. LeFrançois,Robert Menzies,Geoffrey Reaume
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Mental illness
ISBN : 9781551305349

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Mad Matters by Brenda A. LeFrançois,Robert Menzies,Geoffrey Reaume Pdf

In 1981, Toronto activist Mel Starkman wrote: "An important new movement is sweeping through the western world.... The 'mad, ' the oppressed, the ex-inmates of society's asylums are coming together and speaking for themselves." Mad Matters is the first Canadian book to bring together the writings of this vital movement, which has grown explosively in the years since. With contributions from scholars in numerous disciplines, as well as activists and psychiatric survivors, it presents diverse critical voices that convey the lived experiences of the psychiatrized and challenges dominant understandings of "mental illness." The connections between mad activism and other liberation struggles are stressed throughout, making the book a major contribution to the literature on human rights and anti-oppression.

Author : K. Victor Ujimoto,Josephine Naidoo
Publisher : Guelph? Ont. : s.n.
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Asian Canadians Social conditions Congresses
ISBN : UCLA:L0059500132

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Asian Canadians Aspects of Social Change by K. Victor Ujimoto,Josephine Naidoo Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004466357

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Outside and In-Between: Theorizing Asian-Canadian Exclusion and the Challenges of Identity Formation by Anonim Pdf

This collection of critical theorizing reflects the lived experiences of racialized Asian-Canadian contributors. Grounded in theory and history, these essays illuminate pathways to better understand Asian-ness in contemporary Canada. These academics provide fresh perspectives on Asian Canadian exclusion, examine new spaces for critical resistance, and navigate the challenges of identity formation across racial, cultural, and national boundaries.

Author : Aya Fujiwara
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887554292

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Ethnic Elites and Canadian Identity by Aya Fujiwara Pdf

Ethnic elites, the influential business owners, teachers, and newspaper editors within distinct ethnic communities, play an important role as self-appointed mediators between their communities and “mainstream” societies. In Ethnic Elites and Canadian Identity, Aya Fujiwara examines the roles of Japanese, Ukrainian, and Scottish elites during the transition of Canadian identity from Anglo-conformity to ethnic pluralism. By comparing the strategies and discourses used by each community, including rhetoric, myths, collective memories, and symbols, she reveals how prewar community leaders were driving forces in the development of multiculturalism policy. In doing so, she challenges the widely held notion that multiculturalism was a product of the 1960s formulated and promoted by “mainstream” Canadians and places the emergence of Canadian multiculturalism within a transnational context.

Author : William Ging Wee Dere
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781771622196

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Being Chinese in Canada by William Ging Wee Dere Pdf

After the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed in 1885—construction of the western stretch was largely built by Chinese workers—the Canadian government imposed a punitive head tax to deter Chinese citizens from coming to Canada. The exorbitant tax strongly discouraged those who had already emigrated from sending for wives and children left in China—effectively splintering families. After raising the tax twice, the Canadian government eventually brought in legislation to stop Chinese immigration altogether. The ban was not repealed until 1947. It was not until June 22, 2006, that Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologized to the Chinese Canadian community for the Government of Canada’s racist legacy. Until now, little had been written about the events leading up to the apology. William Dere’s Being Chinese in Canadais the first book to explore the work of the head tax redress movement and to give voice to the generations of Chinese Canadians involved. Dere explores the many obstacles in the Chinese Canadian community’s fight for justice, the lasting effects of state-legislated racism and the unique struggle of being Chinese in Quebec. But Being Chinese in Canada is also a personal story. Dere dedicated himself to the head tax redress campaign for over two decades. His grandfather and father each paid the five-hundred-dollar head tax, and the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act separated his family for thirty years. Dere tells of his family members’ experiences; his own political awakenings; the federal government’s offer of partial redress and what it means to move forward—for himself, his children and the community as a whole. Many in multicultural Canada feel the issues of cultural identity and the struggle for belonging. Although Being Chinese in Canada is a personal recollection and an exploration of the history and culture of Chinese Canadians, the themes of inclusion and kinship are timely and will resonate with Canadians of all backgrounds.

Author : Lily Cho
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442610408

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Eating Chinese by Lily Cho Pdf

In Eating Chinese, Lily Cho examines Chinese restaurants as spaces that define, for those both inside and outside the community, what it means to be Chinese and what it means to be Chinese-Canadian.

Author : Laurel Sefton MacDowell,Ian Walter Radforth
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781551302980

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Canadian Working-class History by Laurel Sefton MacDowell,Ian Walter Radforth Pdf

Canadian Working-Class History: Selected Readings, Third Edition, is an updated version of the bestselling reader that brings together recent and classic scholarship on the history, politics, and social groups of the working class in Canada. Some of the changes readers will find in the new edition include better representation of women scholars and nine provocative and ground-breaking new articles on racism and human rights; women's equality; gender history; Quebec sovereignty; and the environment.