Interrogating cultural excuses for and the otherness of Australian circus performers: implications for intercultural communication and education
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Interrogating cultural excuses for and the otherness |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2865 |
Book Title | Cultural essentialism in intercultural relations |
Authors | |
Author | Danaher, Patrick A. |
Editors | Dervin, Fred and Marchart, Regis |
Page Range | 65-80 |
Series | Frontiers of Globalization Series |
Chapter Number | 3 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Place of Publication | Basingstoke, hampshire, United kingdom |
ISBN | 9781137498588 |
9781137498601 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137498601_4 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137498601_4 |
Abstract | Despite the increasing prevalence of hypermobility and hybrid identities, some types of regularly mobile groups remain subject to suspicion and prejudice, thereby providing a useful ‘test case’ for interrogating the accuracy of particular understandings of the proposition of ‘culture as an excuse’. This chapter investigates this ‘test case’ by analysing some of the ways in which the mobility of Australian circus performers’ itineraries from town to town creates a form of otherness that is an important part of society’s perceptions of this group. The analysis highlights the epistemological limitations and the associated ethnocentric assumptions attending ‘culture as an excuse’. Yet it also accentuates the ambivalence underpinning ‘culture as an excuse’ as containing the seeds of more positive, even transformative, understandings of culture and intercultural interactions. |
Keywords | Australia, ambivalence, circus performers, cultural excuses, ethnocentrism, intercultural communication, intercultural education, mobility, otherness, transformation |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390203. Sociology of education |
390499. Specialist studies in education not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q579x/interrogating-cultural-excuses-for-and-the-otherness-of-australian-circus-performers-implications-for-intercultural-communication-and-education
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