Orientalism at home: the case of 'Canada's toughest neighbourhood'
@article{Richardson2014OrientalismAH, title={Orientalism at home: the case of 'Canada's toughest neighbourhood'}, author={Chris Richardson}, journal={British Journal of Canadian Studies}, year={2014}, volume={27}, pages={75 - 95} }
This article examines representations of Jane-Finch, a community in north-west Toronto deemed 'Canada's toughest neighbourhood' by The Globe and Mail in 2007. By exploring how the dominant news media negotiate a sense of Canadian identity in contradistinction to this marginalised space, the article highlights the insights that Edward Said's Orientalism (1978) creates when translated into a Canadian context. I argue that by applying Said's conceptual framework to Canadian communities such as…
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