Mass Capture: Chinese Head Tax And The Making Of Non-Citizens

Mass Capture argues the CI 9 documents implemented by the Canadian government to acquire information on Chinese migrants acted as a process of mass capture that produced non-citizens. Cho reveals CI 9s as more than documents of racist repression: they offer possibilities for beauty and dignity in the archive, for captivation as well as capture.

• | Author: Lily Cho
• | Publisher: Mcgill-Queen'S University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 15, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0228008166
• | ISBN-13: 9780228008163