{"product_id":"where-are-you-from-gillian-creese-9781487524562","title":"\"Where Are You From?\": Growing Up African-Canadian in Vancouver","description":"\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\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gillian Creese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487524560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487524562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Gillian Creese","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073016164607,"sku":"9781487524562","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fed7edf3-b569-400d-aa0d-896eba5c6cc7.jpg?v=1685445305","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-are-you-from-gillian-creese-9781487524562","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}