Women's Studies 2263F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Asian Canadians, Body Politic

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2263F/G
• Professor: Andrea Allen

Document Summary

Asian canadian history: canada in the 1800s: a white man"s country . Exploitation and marginalization of chinese immigrants in bc. Chinese immigrants in bc in late 19th century. Introduction of anti-chinese (and aboriginal) legislation: similar treatment of japanese and indian migrants to canada at the end of 19th and beginning of 20th centuries, canadian policies toward asian migration. Indirect discrimination against indian migrants: canadian policies toward asian migration. Contradiction between demands of capitalist expansion and racialized nationalist project. Chinese head tax (1887-1923): from to . Restrictions involving community organizations: prohibition of chinese immigration in 1923, nationalist and racialized politics of exclusion and inclusion. Justifications of exclusionary practices of asian female migration in canada. Restriction will lead to temporary status of asian male migrants. Fear of asian female reproduction: canadian nationalist discourses and asian men* Asian men incapable of assimilation into canadian society: asian men"s sexuality and reproduction endangered white body politic .