African Diaspora in Canada - Negotiating Identity & Belonging

List of contents

Part I -- Theorising and Historicising the 'African-Canadian' Experience; Part II -- Location, the Politics of Knowledge Construction, and the Canadian Educational System; Part III -- The Socio-Economic Context and Contests of the African-Canadian Experience; Part IV -- Place, 'In-Between' Spaces, and the Negotiation of Identities.

About the author

Wisdom Tetty and Korbla Puplampu

Summary

Includes essays that provide readings of how the social structures of Canada and of the respective countries of origin - including their ethnicity, ancestry, and lineage - interact to shape the identities, expectations, and aspirations of African Canadians.

Product details

• Authors: Korbla Puplampu, Wisdom Tetty
• Assisted by: Korbla P. Puplampu (Editor), Wisdom J. Tettey (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.12.2006
• EAN: 9781552381755
• ISBN: 978-1-55238-175-5
• No. of pages: 250
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 368 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research