Cultures in refuge: seeking sanctuary in modern Australia

Edited book


Hayes, Anna and Mason, Robert (ed.) 2012. Cultures in refuge: seeking sanctuary in modern Australia. Farnham, United Kingdom. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
Book Title

Cultures in refuge: seeking sanctuary in modern Australia

Book CategoryEdited book
ERA Publisher ID1202
EditorsHayes, Anna and Mason, Robert
Number of Pages198
SeriesStudies in Migration and Diaspora
Year2012
PublisherAshgate Publishing Limited
Place of PublicationFarnham, United Kingdom
ISBN9781409434757
9781409434764
Web Address (URL)http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409434757
Abstract

New formulations of globalisation have radically altered how people conceptualise 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.

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

Keywordsemigration and immigration, ethnic relations, refugees, asylum seekers, group identity, immigrants, human security
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020440801. Australian government and politics
440303. Migration
440802. Citizenship
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Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
Byline AffiliationsSchool of Humanities and Communication
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