Donica Belisle: Whiteness and Race Construction in Canadian Consumer Culture

Whiteness has long dominated Canadian consumer culture. In this presentation, Dr. Donica Belisle will discuss her past, current, and future research into Canadian consumer history, looking at the role that whiteness has played in the development of Canada as a consumer nation. Drawing out findings from her three books about the history of Canadian shopping and consumption, including her most recent, Purchasing Power (University of Toronto Press, 2020), she will especially discuss the ways that retailers, consumers, and corporations have connected whiteness to ideas about modernity, and have also used whiteness to define who, and who does not, belong in the modern Canadian nation.

Visit Dr. Belisle's website

To purchase the brand new Purchasing Power: https://utorontopress.com/ca/purchasing-power-2

At a time when we are all experiencing new ways to work and interact in new and remote ways, the HRI and the Living Heritage Research Cluster invite the community interested in Living Heritage in our province as well as students and faculty to join us in a virtual conversation.

Objectives of this series:

• to better understand living heritage and come to a common understanding of what it can mean in Saskatchewan;
• to encourage sharing ideas and knowledge;
• to create awareness of projects and break down silos;
• to create the potential for common projects and collaborations between researchers and community organizations

If you have any questions or hope to contribute to this series in the future, please contact Jérôme Melançon (jerome.melancon@uregina.ca), Special Advisor for the Living Heritage Research Cluster. For more information on the Research Cluster, please see: https://www.uregina.ca/research/research-expertise/research-strengths/living-heritage.html.

For other upcoming events please visit:

http://www.humanitiesresearch.org/news/living-heritage-in-saskatchewan-a-sharing-series/