{"product_id":"9781442611597","title":"The New African Diaspora in Vancouver","description":"Author: Gillian Creese\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781442611597\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 16 Aug 2011\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 'African community.' In this study,  Gillian Creese analyzes interviews with sixty-one women and men from twenty-one  African countries to document the gendered and racialized processes of  community-building that occur in the contexts of marginalization and exclusion  as they exist in Vancouver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreese reveals that the routine  discounting of previous education by potential employers, the demeaning of  African accents and bodies by society at large, cultural pressures to reshape  gender relations and parenting practices, and the absence of extended families  often contribute to downward mobility for immigrants. The New African Diaspora in Vancouver maps out how African  immigrants negotiate these multiple dimensions of local exclusion while at the  same time creating new spaces of belonging and emerging collective identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919388262558,"sku":"ING-9781442611597","price":70.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781442611597.jpg?v=1782811112","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781442611597","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}