Afghan Hazara Refugees in Australia

Constructing Australian Citizens

Bibliographic Data

ID2990107
AuthorsCheryl Lange, Cheryl M Lange (Engage, corresponding author), Zahra Kamalkhani, L Baldassar (0000-0001-6246-4773)
Year2007
Volume13
Issue1
Pages31-50
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Identities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13504630601163353
OpenAlexW2012911670
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited26

This paper explores the construction of Australian citizenship, in particular contestations over membership in the community, through the interactions between two groups of people who live and work in a regional town in Australia: volunteer English language tutors and Afghan Hazara refugees who were granted temporary protection visas (TPVs). The paper examines the power relations which operate between the two groups and other relevant institutions. Of particular interest is the way the tutors and other groups tend to infantalise the Hazara through their efforts to 'protect' them and the way the Hazara in turn attempt to deal with and resist this treatment. In contrast to the mostly negative media images of Afghan refugees in the Australian media, the English language tutors construct and represent the Hazara using a discourse of citizenship, couched in terms of their membership in and economic contribution to the community. This membership is contested by certain groups when the Hazara are seen as not being adequately grateful for the help given to them by the community

Afghan · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Turkey's Politics and Society

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