Anti-racist feminism : critical race and gender studies

Calliste, Agnes M. (Agnes Miranda), 1944- (editor). Dei, George Jerry Sefa, 1954- (editor). Aguiar, Margarida, 1953- (editor).

Summary: Exploring the relational aspects of difference and the implications for re-conceptualizing anti-racism discourse and practice, this book seeks to incite the reader to broaden the examination of social spaces through the lens of an anti-racist, feminist scholarship and practice.--

Record details

ISBN: 155266032X
ISBN: 9781552660324
ISBN: 9791552660323
Physical Description: print
190 pages ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Halifax, N.S. : Fernwood, [2000].

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-190).

Formatted Contents Note:

Anti-racist feminism: critical race and gender studies / Agnes Calliste and George J. Sefa Dei -- An historical overview of the application of the race concept in social practice / Maria Castagna and George J. Sefa Dei -- Your place or mine?: transnational feminist collaboration / Sherene Razack -- "The Hindu woman's question": Canadian nation building and the social construction of gender for South Asian-Canadian women / Enakshi Dua -- The case of Émilie Ouimet: news discourse on Hijab and the construction of Québécois national identity / Helle-Mai Lenk -- Challenges confronting African immigrant women in the Canadian workforce / Patience Elabor-Idemudia -- Toward anti-racism in social work in the Canadian context / Usha George -- "Making" white women through the privatization of education on health and well-being in the context of psychotherapy / Kerstin Roger -- Nurses and porters: racism, sexism and resistance in segmented labour markets / Agnes Calliste -- Anti-racist feminism: a conclusion to a beginning / Agnes Calliste and George J. Sefa Dei.