{"product_id":"9781487524562","title":"\"Where Are You From?\"","description":"Author: Gillian Creese\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487524562\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Dec 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 216 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMetro Vancouver is a diverse city where half the residents identify as people of colour, but only one percent of the population is racialized as Black. In this context, African-Canadians are both hyper-visible as Black, and invisible as distinct communities. Informed by feminist and critical race theories, and based on interviews with women and men who grew up in Vancouver, \u003ci\u003e\"Where Are You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom?\" \u003c\/i\u003erecounts the unique experience of growing up in a place where the second generation seldom sees other people who look like them, and yet are inundated with popular representations of Blackness from the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study explores how the second generation in Vancouver redefine their African identities to distinguish themselves from African-Americans, while continuing to experience considerable everyday racism that challenges belonging as Canadians. As a result, some members of the second generation reject, and others strongly assert, a Canadian identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919542239390,"sku":"ING-9781487524562","price":57.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487524562.jpg?v=1782813619","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487524562","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}