Wounded Detachments
Cronulla, Social Memory and the Injuries of Racism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3634383 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Greg Noble (0000-0001-8565-5222, Western Sydney University, corresponding author), Paul Tabar (0000-0002-2755-4164, Lebanese American University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 271-283 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07256868.2017.1314260 |
| OpenAlex | W2611137834 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
More than a decade since the Cronulla Riots, it could be argued that we are none the wiser about what they meant. Frequently evoked in public discourse, ‘Cronulla’ has become a benchmark for the worst of Australian society (whether that is seen as racism or multiculturalism). This paper reflects upon the representation of the Riots to explore three key ideas. First, we need to think about Cronulla through an exploration of the situated processes of social memory. There is no single ‘meaning’ of the Riots. In fact, the symbolic place of ‘Cronulla’ in public discourse is a contested space in which competing interests, processes and perspectives are at stake. Second, social memory is a complex and dispersed architecture of remembering and forgetting, but analysis typically focuses on the institutional and collective dimensions of social memory at the expense of other domains. Third, and drawing on some of the theoretical literature, we explore a different kind of memory that is forgotten in political and media representations of Cronulla – the embodied memory resulting from the injuries of racism experienced by those of Middle Eastern background. We see Cronulla entailing a violent and existential threat which detaches them from full belonging in Australia
Criminology · Racism · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian Communities in the World
How Societies Remember
How Modernity Forgets
Fear
Folk devils and moral panics
On Collective Memory
But They Just Don't Respect Us’
Collective memory and the politics of urban space
Gender, power and sexuality among youth on the streets of Durban
Problems, problems, problems
After Method
Contesting and Surviving Memory
Between Memory and History
After Cronulla
The Long Reach of the Riots
White Lines
Social Memory Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |