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Discourses of denial : mediations of race, gender, and violence
- Title
- Discourses of denial : mediations of race, gender, and violence / Yasmin Jiwani.
- Author
- Jiwani, Yasmin.
- Publication
- Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | HN103.5 .J59 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxiii, 255 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Discourses of Denial uncovers how racism, sexism, and violence interweave deep within the foundations of our society. Using examples from the lives of immigrant girls and women of colour, Yasmin Jiwani considers the way accepted definitions of race and gender shape and influence public consciousness."--Jacket.
- Canada prides itself on being a tolerant and inclusive culture, enriched by its official policies of multiculturalism, gender equality, and human rights. Lulled into complacency by these national maxims, the public is occasionally shocked by glaring acts of racist and sexist violence brought to their attention by the sensationalist media. But nobody pauses to consider the historical antecedents and root causes of these tragedies. Discourses of Denial uncovers how racism, sexism, and violence interweave deep within the foundations of our society. Using examples from the lives of immigrant girls and women of colour, Yasmin Jiwani considers the way accepted definitions of race and gender shape and influence public consciousness. With a perspective both academic and activist, she exposes how media representations of violence serve the status quo and fail to tell the whole story about racialized and gendered inequalities. -- Publisher description.
- Subject
- Women immigrants > Violence against > Canada
- Minority women > Violence against > Canada
- Sex discrimination against women > Canada
- Race discrimination > Canada
- Violence > Press coverage > Canada
- Violence > Canada
- Race discrimination
- Sex discrimination against women
- Violence
- Violence > Press coverage
- Diskriminierung
- Einwanderin
- Ethnische Beziehungen
- Gewalt
- Minderheit
- Canada
- Kanada
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-244) and index.
- Contents
- Laying the terrain -- Reframing violence -- Mapping race in the media -- Sensationalized cases -- Erasing race: the story of Reena Virk -- Culturalizing violence and the Vernon "Massacre" -- Voicing the violence -- Racialized girls and everyday negotiations -- Gendered racism, sexist violence, and the health care system -- Mediations of terror -- Gendering terror post-9/11.
- ISBN
- 0774812370
- 9780774812375
- 9780774812382
- 0774812389
- 9780774812719
- 0774812710
- LCCN
- 2006900048
- 9780774812375
- OCLC
- ocm65119651
- 65119651
- SCSB-8972038
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library