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Author Jacobs, Keith.

Title Experience and representation : contemporary perspectives on migration in Australia / Keith Jacobs
Published Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011

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Description xi, 164 pages ; 24 cm
Series Studies in migration and diaspora
Studies in migration and diaspora.
Contents pt. 1. Understanding migration -- pt. 2. Migration and urban encounters -- pt. 3. Contemporary Australian identities
Summary "Experience and Representation: Contemporary Perspectives on Migration in Australia provides a critical overview of influential theoretical perspectives and recent empirical material in the fields of migration, race, culture and politics. With a primary focus on Australia, the book explores the complexities surrounding migration; sets out the most appropriate frameworks to understand ethnicity and racism; and assesses the utility of the concepts of globalisation, transnationalism and multiculturalism for interpreting contemporary society
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-158) and index
Notes Electronic version is available via Ebrary
Subject Cultural pluralism -- Australia.
Multiculturalism -- Australia.
National characteristics, Australian.
Popular culture -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007504 -- Social aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002758
LC no. 2010033242
ISBN 0754676102 (hbk.)
1409419436 (ebk.)
9780754676102 (hbk.)
9781409419433 (ebk.)