Structures of Indifference (Paperback)

Adele Perry

ISBN 10: 0887558356 / ISBN 13: 9780887558351

Published by University of Manitoba Press, Winnipeg, 2018

About this Item

Paperback. Structures of Indifference examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city, and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. At the heart of this story is a thirty-four-hour period in September 2008. During that day and half, Brian Sinclair, a middle-aged, non-Status Anishinaabeg resident of Manitoba's capital city, arrived in the emergency room of the Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg's major downtown hospital, was left untreated and unattended to, and ultimately died from an easily treatable infection. His death reflects a particular structure of indifference born of and maintained by colonialism.McCallum and Perry present the ways in which Sinclair, once erased and ignored, came to represent diffuse, yet singular and largely dehumanized ideas about Indigenous people, modernity, and decline in cities. This story tells us about ordinary indigeneity in the City of Winnipeg through Sinclair's experience and restores the complex humanity denied him in his interactions with Canadian health and legal systems, both before and afterhis death.Structures of Indifference completes the story left untold by the inquiry into Sinclair's death, the 2014 report of which omitted any consideration of underlying factors, including racism and systemic discrimination. Examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city, and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. This story tells us about indigeneity in the City of Winnipeg through one mans experience and restores the complex humanity denied him in his interactions with Canadian health and legal systems, both before and after his death. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Structures of Indifference (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of Manitoba Press, Winnipeg
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0887558356
• ISBN 13: 9780887558351
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

WINNER Indigenous History Book Prize, Canadian Historical Association (2019)
WINNER Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction, Manitoba Book Awards (2019)
WINNER AUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show (Scholarly Typographic) (2019)

Structures of Indifference examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. In September 2008, Brian Sinclair, a middle-aged, non-Status Anishinaabe resident of Winnipeg, arrived in the emergency room of a major downtown hospital. Over a thirty-four- hour period, he was left untreated and unattended to, and ultimately died from an easily treatable infection.

McCallum and Perry present the ways in which Sinclair, once erased and ignored, came to represent diffuse, yet singular and largely dehumanized ideas about Indigenous people, modernity, and decline in cities. This story tells us about ordinary indigeneity in the city of Winnipeg through Sinclair’s experience and restores the complex humanity denied him in his interactions with Canadian health and legal systems, both before and after his death.

About the Authors

Mary Jane Logan McCallum is a Professor in the Department of History at University of Winnipeg.

Adele Perry is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Manitoba.