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Product Identifiers

PublisherMelbourne University Publishing

ISBN-100522849792

ISBN-139780522849790

eBay Product ID (ePID)2285684

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameArab-Australians Today : Citizenship and Belonging

SubjectDemography, Emigration & Immigration, Sociology / General

Publication Year1998

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science

AuthorGhassan Hage

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight12 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2002-392318

Reviews"This important collection raises fundamental questions about citizenship and belonging in an historical era in which identity is even more ethnicised than it used to be, and where struggles over access to citizenship, dispossession and colonialism are heavily invested with ethnic and racial features." - Australian Book Review, "A well presented collection of essays... Arab perspectives and cultural values are given full play, and a challenging postscript was added after September 11." -- The Australian Higher Education Supplement, "This important collection raises fundamental questions about citizenship and belonging in an historical era in which identity is even more ethnicised than it used to be, and where struggles over access to citizenship, dispossession and colonialism are heavily invested with ethnic and racial features." -- Australian Book Review, "A well presented collection of essays... Arab perspectives and cultural values are given full play, and a challenging postscript was added after September 11." - The Australian Higher Education Supplement

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal305.892/7094

SynopsisStudy of Arab immigration to Australia. Discusses the way early Arabs were received in Australia and examines the diverse lives of groups of people, ranging from entrepreneurs to unemployed youth. Analyses issues such as 'Lebanese gangs' and how assimilation occurs. Includes notes, bibliography and index. Author is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sydney. Previous titles are 'Home/World' and 'White Nation'., The Lebanese and, more generally, the Arab community in Australia is one of the oldest ethnic communities. The essays and works in this volume cover the most important aspects of Arab-Australian's lives: settlement history, attitudes to citizenship, women's activism and identity, among others., Arab people first came to Australia in the late nineteenth century. Today more than half a million Australians claim some form of Arab ancestry. They are a diverse group, both socially and economically. New South Wales, for example, appointed Australia's first Lebanese Governor, while at the same time it was labelling groups of economically deprived young people as 'Lebanese gangs'. Victoria's Premier, Steve Bracks, comes from a Lebanese background. Melbourne has an important Arab business community, while newly arrived Arab immigrants have one of the highest rates of unemployment in the country. Arab-Australians Today raises important questions about immigration, settlement, marginalisation and participation in Western societies. It discusses the way early Arab immigrants were received in Australia and talks about contemporary issues of participation in the Australian political process. It examines the lives of diverse groups of people, ranging from entrepreneurs to Arab women activists to unemployed youth. It analyses issues ranging from the ways Arab-Australians grow to call Australia home, to the moral panic created around Arab youth and criminality. The book offers non-Arab-Australians a way to better understand the Arab presence in Australia. It is also an invitation for Arab-Australians to reflect on the history of their settlement in Australia, as well as on the current experience of more recent immigrants., Arab-Australians Today raises important questions about immigration, settlement, marginalisation and participation in Western societies. Arab people first came to Australia in the late nineteenth century. Today more than half a million Australians claim some form of Arab ancestry. They are a diverse group, both socially and economically. New South Wales, for example, appointed Australia's first Lebanese Governor, while at the same time it was labelling groups of economically deprived young people as 'Lebanese gangs'. Victoria's Premier, Steve Bracks, comes from a Lebanese background. Melbourne has an important Arab business community, while newly arrived Arab immigrants have one of the highest rates of unemployment in the country. Arab-Australians Today raises important questions about immigration, settlement, marginalisation and participation in Western societies. It discusses the way early Arab immigrants were received in Australia and talks about contemporary issues of participation in the Australian political process. It examines the lives of diverse groups of people, ranging from entrepreneurs to Arab women activists to unemployed youth. It analyses issues ranging from the ways Arab-Australians grow to call Australia home, to the moral panic created around Arab youth and criminality. The book offers non-Arab-Australians a way to better understand the Arab presence in Australia. It is also an invitation for Arab-Australians to reflect on the history of their settlement in Australia, as well as on the current experience of more recent immigrants.

LC Classification NumberDU122.A63A73 2002