Cultures in Refuge: Seeking Sanctuary in Modern Australia

by Anna Hayes, Robert Mason, Anne J Kershen

Overview

New formulations of globalisation have radically altered how people conceptualize the movement of people, ideas and capital throughout the globe, with questions of securitisation and transnational sentiment re-shaping long-standing Western concepts of asylum and human rights. Questioning the manner in which the reception of sanctuary in modern Australia changes migrants' sense of belonging, this interdisciplinary volume focuses on the disjuncture between receiving sanctuary and feeling secure in one's self and community. With emphasis on the formation and expression of migrant and refugee cultures, the book deliberately blurs the distinction between migrants and refugees, in order to engage more directly with the subjectivities of lived experience and social networks.

Presenting research from the fields of sociology, media studies, politics, international relations and history, Cultures in Refuge places explores the manner in which notions of asylum and refuge affect the processes of articulating and negotiating identities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409484028
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	11/28/2012
Series:	Studies in Migration and Diaspora
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Dr Anna Hayes is Lecturer in International Relations and a researcher at the Public Memory Research Centre at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She is co-editor of Migration and Insecurity: Citizenship and Social Inclusion in a Transnational Era.

Robert Mason is Lecturer in History and a researcher at the Public Memory Research Centre at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He is co-editor of Migration and Insecurity: Citizenship and Social Inclusion in a Transnational Era.

Robert Mason, Anna Hayes, Jane Haggis, Claudia Tazreiter, Farida Fozdar, Michele Langfield, Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen, Richard Gehrmann, Susan Leong, Qian Gong, Malcolm D. Brown, Anne Aly.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction. Towards sanctuary: securing refugees and forced migrants in multicultural Australia, Robert Mason and Anna Hayes; Part I Finding Narratives of Belonging: White Australia and otherness: the limits to hospitality, Jane Haggis; The politics of asylum and identities in exile: negotiating place and meaning, Claudia Tazreiter; Beyond the rhetoric of inclusion: our responsibility to refugees, Farida Fozdar. Part II Negotiating the Shadow of the Past: ‘Don’t forget you are Jewish’: Holocaust survivors, identity formation and sense of belonging in Australia, Michele Langfield; Fragmented histories: the intergenerational transmission of war memories in the Vietnamese diaspora, Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen; Coalitions of justice: articulating democratic transition in Australia’s Salvadoran community, Robert Mason; Ascribing identities and negotiating stereotypes: case study of intercountry adoptees, Richard Gehrmann. Part III Communicating Cultural Security: Provincializing Perth? Satellite television and the Chinese in Perth, Susan Leong and Qian Gong; Institutional Islamophobia in the cases of Ahmed Zaoui and Mohamed Haneef, Malcolm D. Brown; Fear online: seeking sanctuary in online forums, Anne Aly; Uighur transnationalism in contemporary Australia: exile, sanctuary, community and future, Anna Hayes; Index.

Editorial Reviews

’By challenging the construct of Australia as a sanctuary for migrants and refugees, this outstanding collection re-conceptualises how the experience of migrants in Australia is understood. Cultures in Refuge interrogates and challenges assumptions about Australia’s multi-cultural rhetoric and policy. The limits of the imagined national community are exposed here with complexity, incisive commentary and a compelling narrative.’ Joy Damousi, University of Melbourne, Australia ’Cultures in Refuge draws our attention to the historical baggage carried both by individual migrants and by Australian society at large. I recommend this collection warmly to all those interested in making sense of this baggage also as something other than a burden.’ Klaus Neumann, The Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Australia 'Cultures in Refuge is a nuanced and informative addition to the growing literature on humanitarianism and exclusion narratives in recent Australian history. ... Cultures in Refuge is an important contribution to the relatively new (in Australia) field of refugee and displacement studies. The contributors examine select episodes in the contested politics of sanctuary and also humanise it beyond the sensationalist headlines. The topic range of the book is a major strength that also gives pause for further questioning and analysis. ... The collection's attention to individual voices personifies the experience of the home-seeker, the term Hamid Naficy used to describe displacement journeys as performances of homelessness, and the unmaking and remaking of identity in refuge homelands.' Australian Historical Studies

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