Borderwork in Multicultural Australia

ISBN-13: 9781741146806 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 252 str.

Bob Hodge; John O'Carroll

Opis

Thisinvestigation ofmulticulturalism in Australia looks at the way"hot spots" cluster around fiercely defended boundaries and borders, both literal and symbolic, and tackles the issues of past and present racism to show how injustice impacts many communities. Arguing that multiculturalism is alive and well in Australia, this reference demonstrates that a commitment to tolerance and diversity characterizes daily life."

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.