Discursive Australia: Public discussion of refugees in the early twenty-first century
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Faculty
Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences
School
School of Communications and Arts / Centre for Research in Entertainment, Arts, Technology, Education and Communications
RAS ID
3827
Abstract
This paper interrogates recurring discourses in Australia’s public domain with regards to the issue of refugees and Australianness, and how they have been used to ratify notions of inclusion and exclusion with regards to what being Australian - or indeed being un-Australian - does and should mean. The unpacking of these primary discursive positions will be based on an analysis of the letters to the editor published in both The Australian (Australia’s national newspaper) and The West Australian, covering one key period from 22 January to 28 February 2002 (a period encompassing the Woomera hunger strike).
Comments
Rodan, D., & Mummery, J. (2005). Discursive Australia: Public Discussion of Refugees in the Early Twenty-first Century. In proceedings of centre for research on social inclusion: mobile boundaries/rigid worlds. Sydney, Australia: Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University.