Constructing the Canadian Citizen

Chakraborty, Mridula Nath, Herizons

Sunera Thobani teaches women's studies at the University of British Columbia. Her areas of research include globalization, migration and violence, and race and gender relations. She is also past president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, the first woman of colour elected to this position.

Here, Herizons talks to Thobani about her recent book, Exalted Subjects: Studies in the Making of Race and Nation in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2007). Thobani is currently writing a book on race and gender in the War on Terror.

Henzons: Let's talk about your book cover. It is a striking image by Kurdish artist Arax Nazari, titled Despair and Determination …

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Publication information: Article title: Constructing the Canadian Citizen. Contributors: Chakraborty, Mridula Nath - Author. Magazine title: Herizons. Volume: 22. Issue: 2 Publication date: Fall 2008. Page number: 53+. © 2008 Herizons Magazine, Inc. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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