Encountering the Metropole

Stuart Hall, Race, (Un)Belonging, and Identity in Canada: Exploring the African Caribbean Immigration Experience

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ID18948623
AuthorsAmoaba Gooden (Kent State University, corresponding author), V C Rhonda Hackett (University of Victoria)
Year2020
Volume9
Issue1
Pages53-71
Publication date2020-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2161-9441 • E-ISSN: 2161-9468
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21619441.2020.1858387
OpenAlexW3118146649
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

The period between 1965 and 2001 witnessed a dramatic population movement of Black people into lands currently called Canada. Over 500,000 Caribbean people arrived as “landed immigrants” during this period, bringing the total Black population to over one million by 2016. Motivated by economic and political upheavals, thousands of African Caribbean immigrants left their homes in search of a better life. This large inflow of Black immigrants altered the Canadian political and cultural landscapes and ultimately changed the face of Southwestern Ontario. Using data collected from our research project on African Caribbean people in Canada, we examine the lived experiences of this Black immigrant population. This paper utilizes Stuart Hall’s framing of race, representation, (un)belonging, and identity to explore the particularities of African Caribbean immigration experiences in Canada; we show that Blackness, Black identity, and belonging in Canada are not fixed in their meaning, but rather represent a contested terrain

Ethnology · Geography · Immigration · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Race, History, and American Society

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