| Título: | The “Jamaican Criminal” in Toronto, 1994: A Critical Ontology |
| Autores: | D'Arcy, Stephen; Department of Philosophy, Huron University College |
| Fecha: | 2007-06-21 |
| Publicador: | Canadian Journal of Comumunication |
| Fuente: |
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| Tipo: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article research-article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| Tema: |
Philosophy; Communication; Critical race theory Philosophy; Communication; Critical race theory; Racism; Law |
| Descripción: | Abstract: On Tuesday, April 5, 1994, in downtown Toronto, a 23-year-old woman named Georgina Leimonis was shot and killed in a café known as “Just Desserts.” The fear surrounding the incident was bound up from the beginning with concerns about a peculiar category of person—the “Jamaican criminal”—because the suspect sought by police in connection with the killing, and later convicted and imprisoned for it, had immigrated to Canada from Jamaica during his early childhood. This article discusses the construction of the Jamaican criminal in the English language press through the lens of Michael Foucault’s concept of critical ontology. Résumé : Le mardi 5 avril 1994, au centre-ville de Toronto, une femme de 23 ans dénommée Georgina Leimonis a été tuée par coups de feu dans un café connu sous le nom de « Just Desserts ». Dès le départ, la peur entourant cet événement s’est greffée aux préoccupations visant une certaine catégorie de personne—le « criminel jamaicain » —puisque l’individu soupçonné de ce meurtre, celui qui a été éventuellement condammé puis emprisonné, était un Jamaicain ayant immigré au Canada alors qu’il était encore enfant. Cet article analyse la construction du « criminel jamaicain » dans la presse de langue anglaise via le concept d’ontologie critique de Michel Foucault. |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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