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Mark of Cain(ada): Racialized Security Discourse in Canada's National Newspapers.

This essay compares coverage in two of Canada's national newspapers, the "Globe and Mail" and the "National Post," of two high-profile anti-terrorism cases: Project Thread (2003) and the Toronto 18 (2006). I read these media stories as narratives, open to literary analysis, that allow us to pry open...

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Published in:University of Toronto Quarterly Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 745 - 764
Main Author: Smolash, Wendy Naava
Format: Essay
Published: University of Toronto Press Spring2009
Subjects:
Globe & Mail, The (Newspaper)
National Post (Newspaper)
Newspapers
National security
Canada
Toronto (Ont.)
Ontario
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