SOC232H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bell Hooks, Bute Inlet
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Laws place in canada. what is laws role in colonial society? where does history place law in history? race is a central theme as to what the canadian law is. what are the different methodologies of law. Edward said orientalism the idea that the wilderness was there to be conqured the way to do that is through rule of law law seperates civilizied submitt a whole group of people through power or knowledge. Canada- us would turn into savages it was seen that there was no law in the americas they were just fighting one and other and the savages west was seen as a lawless frontier. More weight is given to written word word. Law"s violence we see the physical violence- chilchotlins were hung they were tricked in to coming out of hiding and hung not just physical laws violence isnt just physical- its in different categorizes. Loos article isnt about the chilcotolins- she is focusing on colonial identities.
