000 | 02708nam a22003494a 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | 26606 | ||
008 | 111111t2010 xx || 00| 0 en | ||
100 |
_aMapedzahama, Virginia _934527 |
||
110 |
_aThe Australian Sociological Association _915049 |
||
245 | 1 | 0 | _a"Where are you from" : the paradox of African identity and belonging in Australia / |
260 |
_bunpub. _c2010 |
||
300 | _aPDF | ||
500 | _aConference paper presented at The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference. Social Causes, Private Lives (2010 : North Ryde, N.S.W.) | ||
520 | _aThis paper interrogates the question 'where are you from' by drawing on our experiences and points of view as visibly different African migrants who get asked this 'quintessential question of identity' almost on a daily basis. While acknowledging that a certain 'curiosity' sometimes drives the asking of this question, we still question the implications and multiplicity of meanings to those whom it is asked. We contend that being asked the question raises three key issues for us. First, we perceive it as exclusionary, in that in a white dominated society it is asked, mainly of certain groups of people who are visibly different. Second, the assumption behind the question - that one is not 'from here', constructs an/other whose identity is fixed and tied only to one faraway place, thereby erasing our hyphenated identities, which define our everyday lived realities. Third, it invokes feelings of ambivalence about place when it is interpreted as demanding a justification of the claim to belonging and being 'from here'. Our paper shows that the question is a matter of identity politics and exposes the complexity of identity work that occurs whenever this question is asked of us. In so doing, it highlights the contradiction between our Australian 'selves' and migrant 'other'. | ||
521 | _aMapedzahama_TASA10.pdf | ||
650 | 1 | 0 |
_aSocial Policy _bCongresses _9868 |
650 | 1 | 0 |
_aImmigrants _bSocial Aspects _93341 |
650 | 1 | 0 |
_aAfricans _bSocial Conditions _93211 |
650 | 1 | 0 |
_aRefugees, African _b _91129 |
650 | 1 | 0 |
_aEthnicity _b _91135 |
650 | 1 | 0 |
_aMigration, Internal _b _92021 |
650 | 1 | 0 |
_aResidential Mobility _bSocial Aspects _92861 |
650 | 1 | 0 |
_aNational Characteristics, Australian _b _9609 |
650 | 1 | 0 |
_aPluralism (social Sciences) _b _9797 |
690 | 1 | 0 |
_aConferences _924820 |
690 | 1 | 0 |
_aSettlement _925976 |
690 | 1 | 0 |
_aMigrants _925592 |
690 | 1 | 0 |
_aCultural Identity _93502 |
690 | 1 | 0 |
_aThe Australian Sociological Association (tasa). Conference (2010: North Ryde, N.S.W.) _920915 |
856 |
_uhttps://library.bsl.org.au/showitem.php?handle=1/2261 _3Electronic copy _z |
||
942 |
_cELECTRONIC _h |
||
999 |
_c6679 _d6679 |