“Bodies on the Move”: Spatialized Locations, Identities, and Nationality in International Work

Transformations of space, place, and environment are neither neutral nor innocent with respect to practices of domination and control. Indeed they are fundamental framing decisions—replete with multiplepossibilities—that govern the conditions (often oppressive) over how lives can be lived. Such issu...

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Main Author: Razack, Narda (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
In: Social justice
Year: 2005, Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Pages: 87-104
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Capitalism
Globalization
Developing Countries
Teachers
Students
Social Services
Nationalism
Citizenship
Race
Canadians
Canadian students in foreign countries
Race identity
Nationalism > Canada
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Summary:Transformations of space, place, and environment are neither neutral nor innocent with respect to practices of domination and control. Indeed they are fundamental framing decisions—replete with multiplepossibilities—that govern the conditions (often oppressive) over how lives can be lived. Such issues cannot be left unaddressed in struggles for liberation (Harvey, 1996:44). First, whiteness has the ability to move; second, the ability to 'move results in the unmarking of the body. In contrast, blackness is signified through a marking and is always static and immobilizing (Mohanram, 1999:4-5). Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
ISSN:2327-641X