Borderwork in Multicultural Australia

ISBN-13: 9780367717582 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 262 str.

Bob Hodge; John O'Carroll

Opis

Australia's faith in multiculturalism has been shaken by ferocious attacks in the public arena over the past decade. Borderwork in Multicultural Australia, reviews the hot spots, reasserts the value of multiculturalism and argues that a multicultural society is the best bulwark against terrorism, racism and injustice.

Spis treści

Preface

1. Borderwork

2. The Tolerance Paradox

3. Anglo-Celts in Multicultural Australia

4. Racism and Schismogenesis

5. Sorry is not the Hardest Word: Aboriginal Australia and Multiculture

6. Imagining Islam: Australia and a Global World

7. Austral/Asia

8. Beyond Donut Vision: Rethinking the Pacific

9. The Dynamics of Multiculture

Appendix: Tools for Analysing Multiculture and its Contexts

O autorze

Bob Hodge is Foundation Professor of Humanities in the Centre for Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney, and author of many books including Social Semiotics and Myths of Oz. John O'Carroll lectures in the School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies at Charles Sturt University.