Minority Communities
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From ![]() Having a Gay Old Time in Paris:John Glassco's Not-50-Queer Adventures From: In a Queer Country |
It is a common concern in literary studies of homosexuality to ascertain the sexuality of the author, but Glassco’s autobiographical Memoirs of Montparnasse presents a special case. Much … | Andrew Lesk | 18 | 2001 | $0.18 Add |
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From ![]() Home AgainFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
A young black woman recounts how she became pregnant and quit school and how her boyfriend forces her to get an abortion which becomes the reason she finally leaves him. | Jade M. Brooks | 14 | 2017 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Hosanna!Michel Tremblay's Queering of National Identity From: In a Queer Country |
Elaine Pigeon’s "Hosanna! Michel Tremblay’s Queering of National Identity" treats the literary but also considers theatrical elements of Tremblay’s play. One central … | Elaine Pigeon | 28 | 2001 | $0.56 Add |
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From ![]() How can I be an antiracist in my everyday life? |
Chapter 9 asks the question, how can I be an antiracist in my everyday life? Discussing topics including white fragility, breaking the inertia of racism, normalizing discomfort for others, … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() How can I make antiracism part of my family life? |
Chapter 4 asks the question, how can I make antiracism part of my family life? Topics discussed include structural violence, relationships and kinships, family life, the difference between race … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() How can I talk about social justice without turning people off? |
Chapter 5 asks the question, how can I talk about social justice without turning people off? Topics discussed include specialized language, conspiracies, incels, and the far right, and the motif … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() How can we build the world we deserve? |
Chapter 10 asks the question, how can we build the world we deserve? Discussing the everyday topics of voting, capitalism, the carceral system, defunding the police and refunding society, settler … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() How can white people be involved in antiracist struggles without centring themselves? |
Chapter 8 asks the question, how can white people be involved in antiracist struggles without centering themselves? Discussing topics including the problematic positions of being the saviour or … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() How do we fix past wrongs without creating new ones? |
Chapter 2 asks the question, how do we fix past wrongs without creating new ones? Topics discussed include the Land Back movement and reparations, Canadian settler-colonial capitalism, and … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() How does racism relate to other forms of oppression? |
Chapter 3 asks the question, how does racism relate to other forms of oppression? Discussing topics including types of oppression, solidarity and social justice, identity politics and … | Ajay Parasram; Alex Khasnabish | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! How Far to Go Too FarFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene examines how in August 1981, Manitoba’s French Language Services Secretariat began operating with virtually no infrastructure, under Premier Sterling Lyon. | Roger Turene | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() I Would Go Back if I CouldFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of a Iranian woman who converted to Christianity and was disowned by her Muslim family, she became an illegal refugee in Turkey with a constant fear of deportation before … | David Starr | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Imagining an Intercultural Nation:A Moment in Canadian Queer Cinema From: In a Queer Country |
James Allan’s "Imagining an Intercultural Nation: A Moment in Canadian Queer Cinema" explores three films of recent years which feature gay topics, Kanada by Mike Holboom, Love … | James Allan | 27 | 2001 | $0.54 Add |
![]() In a Queer CountryGay and Lesbian Studies in the Canadian Context |
In terms of rights and freedoms for queers, Canada holds an international reputation as among the most liberal of nations. Yet this picture of harmonious gay and lesbian assimilation is nothing … | Terry Goldie | 320 | 2001 | View |
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From ![]() In Breath, You ListenFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Details the experience that staff have had in reaching refugee students at two schools in BC. Staff included in this chapter are a dance teacher, a settlement worker, a youth services worker, an … | David Starr | 15 | 2016 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() In the SystemFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
The author’s account of her childhood as a black girl forced away from her parents and into the foster care system with vivid detail on the multitude of homes she went to. | Jade M. Brooks | 13 | 2017 | $1.30 Add |








