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

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

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Creese, Gillian,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2011
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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