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Narratives of nationhood: young Australians’ concepts of nation and their attitudes towards ‘boat people'
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posted on 2023-05-19, 03:14 authored by Laughland-Booy, J, Skrbis, Z, Bruce TranterBruce TranterIn Australia, questions surrounding national identity often feature in public discussions on asylum seekers. Using qualitative interview data collected from 40 participants in an ongoing study of young people in Queensland, we explore the connections between young people’s understandings of Australian national identity and their attitudes towards ‘boat people’. We identify distinct points of interconnection and disjuncture between participants’ notions of being ‘Australian’ and their thoughts on how Australia should respond to asylum seekers. With respect to the asylum seeker debate, we find narratives of Australian nationhood are flexible in interpretation and can serve contrasting and competing functions.
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Publication title
Journal of SociologyVolume
53Pagination
367-381ISSN
1440-7833Department/School
School of Social SciencesPublisher
Sage Publications Ltd.Place of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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