Theorizing colonial culture in Canada: Consumption, Indigenization, and settler moves to innocence on a national scale

Authors

  • Johanna Lewis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/k8gzd870

Author Biography

  • Johanna Lewis

    Johanna Lewis (they/them) is a doctoral candidate in history at York University. Their work focuses on cultural histories of settler colonialism and British imperialism, with a focus on family and intimacy, identity and power, and questions of inheritance, commemoration, and historical production. Johanna is also a researcher with Brittany Luby’s First Nations Guide to the University project, a community organizer with Showing Up for Racial Justice Toronto, and the parent of two magical kids.

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Published

2023-04-01

How to Cite

Theorizing colonial culture in Canada: Consumption, Indigenization, and settler moves to innocence on a national scale. (2023). Canada Watch. https://doi.org/10.25071/k8gzd870