SOC367H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Terra Nullius, Chinatown, Medicalization
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Lecture 8: themes: bodies and space, race and slavery. Place depicts a space upon which identity is founded: place is the more precise term, encompassing the particular meanings embedded in spaces which are in spaces that are significant. Example: concept and practice of terra nullius == canada was constructed as uninhabitable due to the weather, the indigenous were so close to nature that they were one with the. Chinese have little enclaves in regions of canada; chinatown is the heart of the community. Chi(cid:374)ato(cid:449)(cid:374): (cid:449)as te(cid:396)(cid:373)ed (cid:271)y (cid:449)este(cid:396)(cid:374) people this is a (cid:373)ythi(cid:272) idea that (cid:449)as (cid:272)(cid:396)eated (cid:271)y westerners this was an ideological place that may be a small portion of the orient according to the westerns. First came to victoria for the gold rush (june 1858)- discriminated by westerners. July 1, 1923; pass law chinese exclusion act. Westerners: intro to dimsum, exotic, place to buy food etc.
