“Where Are You From?”
Growing Up African-Canadian in Vancouver
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23427145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gillian Creese (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-07 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | “Where Are You From?” (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.3138/9781487534844 |
| OpenAlex | W4254335872 |
| ISBN | 9781487534844 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Metro Vancouver is a diverse city where half the residents identify as people of colour, but only one per cent of the population is racialized as Black. In this context, African-Canadians are both hypervisible 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, "Where Are You From?" recounts the unique experiences 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.
Canadian Identity and History · Computer Science · Critical Race Theory in Education · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |