Social Science Discrimination & Race Relations
Discourses of Denial
Mediations of Race, Gender, and Violence
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2011
- Category
- Discrimination & Race Relations, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774840941
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $99.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774812382
- Publish Date
- Jan 2007
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774812375
- Publish Date
- May 2006
- List Price
- $95.00
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Enriched by its official policies of multiculturalism, gender equality, and human rights, the Canadian 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. In linking race, gender, and violence, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the complex and interconnected influences that shape the violence of contemporary social reality and that contour the lives of racialized women.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Yasmin Jiwani is a professor of communication studies at Concordia University.