Narratives of nationhood: Young Australians’ concepts of nation and their attitudes towards ‘boat people’
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Laughland-Booy, J., Skrbis, Zlatko and Tranter, Bruce. (2017) Narratives of nationhood: Young Australians’ concepts of nation and their attitudes towards ‘boat people’. Journal of Sociology. 53(2), pp. 367 - 381. https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783317704991
Authors | Laughland-Booy, J., Skrbis, Zlatko and Tranter, Bruce |
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Abstract | In Australia, questions surrounding national identity often feature in public discussions on asylum seekers. Using qualitative interview data collected from 40 participants in an ongoing study of young people in Queensland, we explore the connections between young people’s understandings of Australian national identity and their attitudes towards ‘boat people’. We identify distinct points of interconnection and disjuncture between participants’ notions of being ‘Australian’ and their thoughts on how Australia should respond to asylum seekers. With respect to the asylum seeker debate, we find narratives of Australian nationhood are flexible in interpretation and can serve contrasting and competing functions. |
Keywords | asylum seekers; Australia; ‘boat people’; cosmopolitanism; national identity |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Journal of Sociology |
Journal citation | 53 (2), pp. 367 - 381 |
Publisher | Sage |
ISSN | 1440-7833 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783317704991 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85020852737 |
Page range | 367 - 381 |
Project | Our Lives Project |
Research Group | School of Arts |
Grant ID | ARC/DP0557667 |
ARC/DP0878781 | |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/85974/narratives-of-nationhood-young-australians-concepts-of-nation-and-their-attitudes-towards-boat-people
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