Explores the lives of Aborigines in the small town of Katherine, Australia. The author combines ethnography and theory to study issues surrounding the debate about the authenticity of contemporary cultural activity. The vulnerability of Fourth World peoples to others' representa…
Explores the lives of Aborigines in the small town of Katherine, Australia. The author combines ethnography and theory to study issues surrounding the debate about the authenticity of contemporary cultural activity. The vulnerability of Fourth World peoples to others' representa…
This book explores what happens when well-meaning people, supported by the state, attempt to help without harming. 'White anti-racists' find themselves trapped by endless ambiguities, contradictions, and double binds - a microcosm of the broader dilemmas of postcolonial societie…
Have globalization and the emergence of virtual cultures reduced cultural diversity? Will the world become homogenized or Americanized? This work demonstrates that this oversimplification denies the reality that there is greater space for cultural diversity.
Aimed at providing the rigour needed to advance narrative analysis, the author provides an explanation and guideline to readers on presentation of and reliance on detailed transcripts of interview excerpts, methods for analysing the structural features of discourse, and more.
Aimed at providing the rigour needed to advance narrative analysis, the author provides an explanation and guideline to readers on presentation of and reliance on detailed transcripts of interview excerpts, methods for analysing the structural features of discourse, and more.
Aimed at providing the rigor needed to advance narrative analysis, the author provides an explanation and guideline to readers on presentation of and reliance on detailed transcripts of interview excerpts, methods for analysing the structural features of discourse, and more.
"From firebrand to conservative, or something else entirely? Up from the Mission charts the life and thought of Noel Pearson, from his early days as a native title lawyer to his position today as one of Australia's most influential figures." "This is writing of great passion and…
A systematic critique of governmental multiculturalism, and using the Australian experience, the author examines White reactions to one of the most diverse immigration programs that the world has seen.
A systematic critique of governmental multiculturalism, and using the Australian experience, the author examines White reactions to one of the most diverse immigration programs that the world has seen.
"Firepower explores how the NRA gradually transformed itself from a relatively small organization with close ties to the federal government and a mission dedicated to marksmanship, competitive shooting, and military preparedness to what it is today: A political juggernaut that p…
A story of whitefella-blackfella friendship that offers hope for the future. Two years after artist Rod Moss arrived in Alice Springs to teach painting, he met a married couple who had set up camp in the gully beside his flat. Over the next 25 yrs their friendship grew. Offers a…
Identity in education
by Sánchez-Casal, Susan, Macdonald, Amie A.
fromFuture of minority studies
"This edited volume explores the impact of social identity (race, class, gender, sexual orientation, religion and so on) on teaching and learning. Operating within a realist framework, the contributors to this volume (all of whom are minority scholars) consider ways to productiv…
This book presents the first comprehensive survey of being a local, in particular in Australia. In Australia the paradox is that the locals are not indigenous peoples but migrants with a specific ethnic heritage who became localised in time to label other migrants as the newcome…
The history of Social Identity Theory applied to economics traces back to the seminal work of Akerlof and Kranton, 2000. Since that time, many papers have explored the importance of this theory in experimental and theoretical settings. In this thesis I explain the need for a new…