Interrogating Race and Racism

Vijay Agnew

Published by University of Toronto Press 2007

Interrogating Race and Racism

Vijay Agnew

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442685444

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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.

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Agnew Vijay :

Vijay Agnew is a professor in the Division of Social Science at York University, and was the director of the Center for Feminist Research from 2001 to 2006.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Vijay Agnew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE. Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers
1. Contradictions of ‘Racial’ Discourse Peter S. Li Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
2. From Slavery to Expulsion: Racism, Canadian Immigration Law, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Modern Constitutionalism Sharryn J. Aiken Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
3. Citizenship, Illegality, and Sanctuary Jean McDonald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
PART TWO. Race, Work, and Workplace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
4. Colour My World: Have Earnings Gaps for Canadian-Born Ethnic Minorities Changed over Time? Krishna Pendakur and Ravi Pendakur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
5. What Does it Take to Achieve Full Integration? Economic (Under)Performance of Chinese Immigrants in Canada Shuguang Wang and Lucia Lo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
6. Racial Discrimination in Nursing Rebecca Hagey, Jane Turrittin and Tania Das Gupta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
PART THREE. Nation and Identity
7. Borders and Exclusions: Racial Profiling in the New World Order Charles C. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
8. Racism Masquerading as Nationalism: Wars, Japanese-Americans, and Arab-Americans Ezra Yoo-Hyeok Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
9. From Displaying ‘Jewish Art’ to (Re)Building German-Jewish History: The Jewish Museum Berlin Robin Ostow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298
PART FOUR. Nation, Citizenship, and Belonging
10. The Conundrum of Inclusion: Racialized Women in Public Policy Reports Agnew Vijay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
11. From Africa to Canada: Bordered Spaces, Border Crossings, and Imagined Communities Gillian Creese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	352
12. Being White and Thinking Black: An Interview with Frances Henry Vijay Agnew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	386
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 400

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Published: December 31, 2007
ISBN: 9781442685444