The New African Diaspora in Vancouver : Migration, Exclusion and Belonging /

The New African Diaspora in Vancouver documents the experiences of immigrants from countries in sub-Saharan Africa on Canada's west coast. Despite their individual national origins, many adopt new identities as 'African' and are actively engaged in creating a new, place-based 'Af...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Creese, Gillian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Temas:
Africans > British Columbia > Vancouver > Social conditions.
DISCOUNT-B.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Migration, Diaspora Spaces, and 'Canadianness'
  • 1. A New African Diaspora
  • 2. Erasing Linguistic Capital
  • 3. Downward Mobility, Class Dislocation, and Labour Market Barriers
  • 4. Reproducing Difference at Work
  • 5. Gender, Families, and Transitions
  • 6. Identity and Spaces of Belonging
  • 7. Practices of Belonging: Building the African Community in Vancouver
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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