SOC 633 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gay Village, Anti-Capitalism, Cultural Genocide
26 Aug 2016
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Soc633: sex work and sexualities: vancouver"s west end as canada"s prostitution capital, west end troubles + crow, legal rulings and consequences, sex workers mobilize, 2010 olympics and sex work, anti capitalism and sex work. British columbia was not settled until the 1870s. By the 1880s, the mercantile capitalist economy was on its way out due to the building of the. Large population of first nations individuals, successful fishermen. 1880s aboriginal populations in b. c. became demoted from important assets to capitalism, to being simply another cheap labor immigrant group. Cultural genocide of aboriginal identities, erosion of their way of life. 1886 vancouver becomes vancouver, and is incorporated/envisioned as a white, anglo-saxon, The reserve system was created in 1880, facilitating the marginalization of first nations" populations. Vancouver became a desirable destination for males who were looking for paid labor (logging industry was majorly in flux, canneries, mining, railway work, etc. ) Sex workers began to service men based on their need for survival.
