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Visibly Different

Face, Place and Race in Australia

by Maureen Perkins (Volume editor)
©2007 Edited Collection 188 Pages

Summary

What does an Australian look like? Many Australians assume that there is such a thing as an ‘ethnic’ face, and that it indicates recent arrival or refugee status. This volume contains nine life narratives by Australians who reflect on the experience of being categorised on the basis of their facial appearance.
The problem of who is ‘us’ and who is ‘them’ is at the heart of some of the most important challenges facing the contemporary world. Assuming that facial appearance and identity are inextricably linked makes this challenge even harder.
The introduction by the editor provides the theoretical framework to these narratives. It discusses the relevance to notions of belonging and identity of the term ‘mixed race’, and concludes that we are all mixed race, whether we look white, black or ‘ethnic’.

Details

Pages
188
Publication Year
2007
ISBN (Softcover)
9783039113231
Language
English
Keywords
Australien Hautfarbe Ethnische Identität Rassismus Aufsatzsammlung Asian Study Ethnicity Identity Culture Life Writing Oceanic Study Mixed Race
Published
Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2007. 188 pp.

Biographical notes

Maureen Perkins (Volume editor)

The Editor: Maureen Perkins is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. She has published extensively in 19th century British history. Currently her teaching touches on the history and anthropology of race.

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