Seeing Red: Immigrant Women and Sexual Danger in Toronto's Postwar Daily Newspapers

Authors

  • Elise Chenier Queen's University

Keywords:

Immigration, Displaced persons, Toronto

Abstract

In Canada, post-World War Two European immigration gave rise to nativist fears that the political, cultural and social traditions of "New Canadians" - and in particular, the supposed sexual immorality of "DP" (Displaced Persons) men - threatened to undermine the Canadian way ol'life. This article offers a gendered examination of how these forces shaped the media coverage of the 1954 murders of two Eastern European refugee women in the city of Toronto

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Published

2000-04-01

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2000): Special Issue: "Whose Canada is it?"

Section

Original Research

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