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Record Nr.

UNINA9910433251203321

Autore

Moran Laura K. <1978->

Titolo

Belonging and becoming in a multicultural world : refugee youth and the pursuit of identity / / Laura Moran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rutgers University Press, 2019

New Brunswick : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

1-9788-0306-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

Rutgers series in childhood studies

Disciplina

305.2350869140994

Soggetti

Teenage refugees - Australia

Assimilation (Sociology) - Australia

Multiculturalism - Australia

Group identity - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Fieldwork and research foundations -- 2. Multicultural Australia and the refugee experience: ethnographic settings -- 3. Identity in theory: responsiveness and belonging among refugee youth -- 4. Everyday identity: self and belonging through friendship, fighting and dating -- 5. Performing identity: capital and connecting in multicultural context -- 6. Politicizing identity: engaging racism, citizenship and the nation -- 7. Self, belonging and multicultural morality -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Brisbane, Australia, Belonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World provides a critical analysis of the shortcomings and underpinning contradictions of modern multicultural inclusion. It demonstrates how creating a sense of identity among young Sudanese and Karen refugees is a continual process shaped by powerful social forces." -- Publisher's website.