Going Overboard? Representing Hazara Afghan Refugees as Just Like Us

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ID3629451
AuthorsDebbie Rodan (0000-0002-0770-1833), Cheryl Lange, Cheryl M Lange (Graduate School USA, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume29
Issue2
Pages153-169
Publication date2008-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07256860801938625
OpenAlexW2057657526
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited23

In this paper we analyse two Australian television programs, Marking Time (2003) and Molly & Mobarak (2004), foregrounding the ways in which ethnic Hazara refugees from Afghanistan have been (re)presented. We argue that by minimising cultural and religious differences both Marking Time and Molly & Mobarak construct and represent Hazara Afghan refugees as like a “certain us”, that is, as members of Australian core culture who are predominately white, family oriented and inclusivist. However, their differences are not concealed entirely and in both programs the Hazara also appear as the “other”, that is, unlike us. We point out some problems associated with privileging similarity and the possible consequences of these representations within policy making and Australian society more generally

Afghan · Ethnic group · Foregrounding · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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