| Description |
xiii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Series |
MUP Islamic studies series |
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MUP Islamic studies series.
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| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. Uprootings : a history of Somalia -- 2. Somalis in the diaspora : comparing settlement trajectories -- Part 2 -- 3. Media framing, representation and the conditions of "taking place" in Australia -- 4. Acts of citizenship : Italian publishing houses and their publications -- Part 3 -- 5. Re-groundings and re-memberings : belonging in literature -- 6. Bodies in public space -- 7. Engrammatic belongings? Imaging Somali identities in Rome -- Conclusion : "taking place: through representation |
| Summary |
What happens when Somalis find themselves in countries with which they have few obvious cultural links? In Australia, where a majority of Somalis are Australian citizens, this absence of cultural connection is only partly remedied within an official multicultural model. To understand the mechanics of contemporary belonging and the challenges faced by Western societies as they attempt to "integrate" Somali migrants, this book explores representations of Somali resettlement. In the contexts of Australia and Italy--taken as case studies--Somalis are marginalised in different ways. This book considers representations as "possible spaces" that may counter reductive anti-African and anti-Muslim stereotypes that still condition public perceptions of Somali settlement. Approaching the question of belonging from a variety of disciplines, representations that embody Somali subjectivities and enable movement beyond exclusive paradigms of Italian or Australian nationhood are taken into account. Each representation is assessed for its ability to invite new forms of identification that lead to a process of "taking place" |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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SOC |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-252) and index |
| Audience |
Adult |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- Australia.
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Somalis -- Cultural assimilation -- Australia.
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Somalis -- Services for -- Australia.
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Somalis -- Australia -- Social conditions.
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Somalis -- Foreign countries.
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| Genre/Form |
Deakin authored content
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| ISBN |
9780522869286 |
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