Download or read book Afrodiasporic Identities in Australia written by Kathomi Gatwiri and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-06 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the Afro-diasporic experiences of African skilled migrants in Australia. It explores research participants' experiences of migration and how these experiences inform their lives and the lives of their family. It provides theory-based arguments examining how mainstream immigration attitudes in Australia impact upon Black African migrants through the mediums of mediatised moral panics about Black criminality and acts of everyday racism that construct and enforce their 'strangerhood'. The book presents theoretical writing on alternate African diasporic experiences and identities and the changing nature of such identities. The qualitative study employed semi-structured interviews to investigate multiple aspects of the migrant experience including employment, parenting, family dynamics and overall sense of belonging. This book advances our understanding of the resilience exercised by skilled Black African migrants as they adjust to a new life in Australia, with particular implications for social work, public health and community development practices.
Download or read book Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia written by F. Ndhlovu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia extends debates on identities, cultures and notions of race and racism into new directions as it analyses the forms of interactional identities of African migrants in Australia. It de-naturalises the commonplace assumptions and imaginations about the cultures and identities of African diaspora communities, and probes the relevance and usefulness of identity markers such as country of origin, nationality, ethnicity, ethnic/heritage language and mother tongue. Current cultural frames of identity representation have so far failed to capture the complexities of everyday lived experiences of transnational individuals and groups. Therefore by drawing on fresh concepts and recent empirical evidence, this book invites the reader to revisit and rethink the vocabularies that we use to look at identity categories such as race, culture, language, ethnicity, nationality, and citizenship, and introduces a new language nesting model of diaspora identity. This book will be of great interest to all students of migration, diaspora, African and Australian studies.
Download or read book Immigrant Lives written by Edward Shizha and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Voluntary and involuntary human mobility in the form of migration is a natural human phenomenon which has been a central feature from the ancient times into the modern times. While the boundaries between voluntary and involuntary migrants are blurred, voluntary migrants in the context of this book refer to those who migrate out of their own free choice based on socioeconomic considerations while involuntary migrants are forced to leave their country out of fear of persecution or insecurity caused by political violence or civil and military strife. In this book, the terms, 'newcomer', 'foreign born' and 'migrant' and 'immigrant' are used interchangeably and refer to those who were born in another country and later emigrated to another country as permanent residents (later becoming citizens), asylum seekers and refugees. Migration is an increasing challenge faced by countries, institutions and individuals in both sending and receiving countries. In countries where there is a large inflow of immigrants, migration has created a multiple-origin, transnationally connected, socio-economically differentiated and legally stratified demographic landscape which lends itself to a description of superdiverse societies (Jensen & Gidley, 2014; Vertovec, 2007). Most industrialized countries - mostly in the Global North - are experiencing low birth rates and are dependent on immigrants to satisfy their job market and population growth while less developed nations - mostly in the Global South - are experiencing low economic growth, inadequate socioeconomic opportunities. These social and economic challenges are presently the cornerstone of migration, transnationalism and transnationality"--
Download or read book Race Colour and Identity in Australia and New Zealand written by John Docker and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen academics and writers from the land down under present papers on aboriginal identity, Asians in Australia, Australians in Asia, bi- and multiculturalism in New Zealand, and whiteness, most of which were presented at the 1998 Sydney conference, Adventures of Identity: Constructing the Multic
Download or read book Australian Identity written by and published by R.I.C. Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australian Identities written by David Day and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Afrodiasporic Identities in Germany written by Silvia Wojczewski and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aminata Camara, Maya K., Lafia T., Oxana Chi and Layla Zami are middle-class, highly educated women in Germany and come from families of mixed African European heritages. This ethnographic study traces the coming of age as person of African descent in Germany born in the 1980s with a focus on the city of Frankfurt. Silvia Wojczewski follows the paths of five women and shows how the practice of travelling is used as a way to connect to transnational families and to an Afrodiasporic heritage. Zooming in on five lives, she reveals the ways in which class, diaspora and kinship relations influence how the women understand themselves and their position in the world.
Download or read book The Routledge International Handbook of Child and Adolescent Grief in Contemporary Contexts written by Carrie Traher and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-29 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the leading research in child and adolescent grief from a diverse and global perspective, focusing on the systemic, political, and cultural processes that have a direct bearing on the way youth experience loss and grief. Carrie Traher and Lauren J. Breen bring together a global community of academics, practitioners, and social activists to discuss and address the complexity of lived experiences of grief for young people today. Presented in four parts, the contributors begin by providing a theoretical overview of youth, grief, and bereavement, before moving onto other important topics, such as suicide bereavement, the trauma of war, digital grief narratives, child soldiering, and more. Within each chapter, authors address contemporary theoretical frameworks, research findings, and praxis related to both death and non-death losses, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, environmental grief, and grief on the internet and social media. Including contributors from a range of countries and from various disciplines, such as educators, health care professionals, policy makers, and advocates, the themes of coping, resilience, and growth are central and interwoven in each chapter. This handbook is essential for researchers, clinicians, scholars, educators, parents, and activists as to the most pressing societal and global issues that affect youth grief today and to provide context to their personal and professional interactions with youth. Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Download or read book Exploring Australian National Identity written by Jed Donoghue and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the influence of historical and popular figures on the way Australians see themselves in the 21st century. Investigating whether colonial figures such as convicts and bushrangers still influence contemporary Australian identity, and how the influence of sports figures, politicians and scientists manifests itself.
Download or read book Mistaken Identity written by Stephen Castles and published by Sydney : Pluto Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated second edition of a work by staff from the Centre for Multicultural Studies at Wollongong University. While agreeing that all individuals and communities have the right to cultural autonomy, the authors challenge some of the received truths of multiculturalism and question the need to draw boundaries of inclusion and exclusion. Includes a bibliography.
Download or read book Understanding Multiculturalism and Australian Identity written by Andrew C. Theophanous and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis of multiculturalism in Australia addresses issues such as culture, nation, identity, the nature of civic pluralism and the evolution and politics of multiculturalism in Australia. Discusses topics such as foreign policy, education and media, and the development of access and equity policies. Argues that multiculturalism should be an integral part of national identity, and the principles of multiculturalism can be merged with a concept of social justice. Much of the material is based on speeches and papers given by the author, some of which have been published in books and journals. Includes references, a select bibliography and an index. The author was a member of Federal Parliament and was Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Keating.
Download or read book A Muslim Diaspora in Australia written by Lejla Voloder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world of increasingly mixed identities, what does it mean to belong? As western democracies increasingly curtail their support for multiculturalism, how can migrants establish belonging as citizens? A Muslim Diaspora in Australia explores how a particular migrant group has faced the challenges of belonging. The author illustrates how Bosnian migrants in Australia have sought to find places for themselves as migrants, as refugees, and as Muslims, in Australia and Australian society. Challenging the methodological nationalism that tends to dominate discussions of migrant identities, the author exposes the ways in which dignity emerges as a dominant concern for people as they relate to varied local, national and translational contexts. Very little is known about how migrants themselves read and react to the multiple challenges of belonging and this pioneering work offers a timely and much needed critical insight into what it means to belong.
Download or read book Race Daze written by Jon Stratton and published by Pluto Press (Australia). This book was released on 1998 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stratton argues that the policy of multiculturalism operates to entrench a so-called Anglo-Celtic, mainstream culture and relegates ethnic cultures to second-class status.
Download or read book Understanding Diaspora Development written by Melissa Phillips and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together new research that engages with the concept of diaspora from a uniquely Australian perspective and provides a timely contribution to the development of research-informed policy, both in the Australian context and more broadly. It builds on the understanding of the complex drivers and domains of diaspora transnationalism and its implications for countries and people striving to develop human capabilities in a globally interconnected but also fractured world. The chapters showcase a wide range of diaspora experiences from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia. This work demonstrates the usefulness of diaspora as a concept to explore the experiences of migrant and refugee communities in Australia and the Pacific and further understanding on the peacebuilding, conflict, economic, humanitarian and political engagements of diaspora communities globally. The insights and findings from the breadth of research featured shed light on broader debates about diasporas, migration and development, and transnationalism.
Download or read book Mixed Race Identities in Australia New Zealand and the Pacific Islands written by Farida Fozdar and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: ' Mixed Race' in the Australo-Pacific Region -- Australia -- 1 Descent, Classification and Indigeneity in Australia -- 2 Chinese History, Indigenous Identity and Mixed Ancestry in Australia's Gulf Country -- 3 'A Mini United Nations': Being Mixed in Multicultural Australia -- 4 'Now, Look at My Skin, It Is Black and It Is White Together' -- 5 'Just Asian'? Inscribing East Asian 'Mixed Race' in Australia -- The Pacific -- 6 Constructing and Interpreting 'Mixed Race' and 'Mixed Parentage' in Papua New Guinea -- 7 The Transformation of the 'Métis Question' in New Caledonia, 1853-2009 -- 8 A Categorical Failure: 'Mixed Race' in Colonial Papua New Guinea -- 9 Lingering Legacies of German Colonialism: The 'Mixed Race' Identities in Oceania -- 10 'Mixed Race' Activism Within Ethno-Nationalist Conflict: West Papuan Experiences -- New Zealand -- 11 'Kraut', 'Coconut', or 'Kiwi'?: German-Tongan Identity in New Zealand -- 12 'It's a Bicultural Nation. But the Journey Towards True Biculturalism, It's Not There Yet': Exploring Fathers' Racial Projects in Bringing Up Their Multi-Race Children in New Zealand -- 13 Beyond 'Mixed Race' and 'Unmixed Race': Being and Having Race in Aotearoa/New Zealand -- 14 Narratives of Belonging and Not Belonging: Chinese/ European 'Mixed' Identities in Aotearoa/New Zealand -- Index
Download or read book The Politics of Identity in Australia written by Geoff Stokes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues of identity are central to many historical and current debates in Australia. This superb collection of essays represents a significant rethinking of received ideas on identity, and reveals how issues of identity lie at the heart of Australian political thought, and form the foundation of Australian society and culture. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the political discourse surrounding Australian identity through key themes including identity theory, the manipulation of identity for political ends, gender and sexuality, immigration and national identity, citizenship and Aboriginality, and literature and film. The book rejects many of the assumptions underlying contemporary political debates, including the promulgation of a singular national identity in historical fact or as a political goal. This is a thought-provoking study of identity, its links with nationalism, and its potentially divisive effects.
Download or read book An Exploration of the Renegotiated and Performed Identities Among Hazara Men in Australia written by Amy Elizabeth Neve and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis explores the daily lives of Hazara men in Australia as they navigate through and participate in different local and transnational communities. I argue that participation in these communities is structured around ideas of Anderson's "imagined communities": and Hage's "migration guilt" where these men involve themselves in different communities based on feelings of connectedness. Here, some of the ways in which these men are performing their identities in Australia are explored; where I argue that the way these men choose to present themselves at different times affect their levels of bodily comfort and discomfort. I also explore how my participants experience their daily lives from a gendered perspective arguing that their "manhood" produces a very particular set of experiences throughout their settlement. I argue that these men must respond to multiple demands in their lives, specific to settlement in a new country and this directly affects the way that they self identify and perform their identities.
