The Invasion Complex in Australian Political Culture

Papastergiadis, Nikos

doi:10.1177/0725513604044544

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“…The phobia of being swamped by refugees is now being overtaken by the fear of terrorists. Current literature and the media are continuously replete with dominant stereotypes and negative attitudes towards refugees and Muslims, where Muslims are often labeled as 'fanatics' and 'terrorists' and refugees are 'flooding our borders' (Osuri and Banerjee, 2004;Yasmeen, 2001;Papastergiadis, 2004). As Papastergiadis (2004) has argued, that fear is the motivating principle for engaging or distancing relations with the 'other'.…”

Section: Muslim Women In Australiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Current literature and the media are continuously replete with dominant stereotypes and negative attitudes towards refugees and Muslims, where Muslims are often labeled as 'fanatics' and 'terrorists' and refugees are 'flooding our borders' (Osuri and Banerjee, 2004;Yasmeen, 2001;Papastergiadis, 2004). As Papastergiadis (2004) has argued, that fear is the motivating principle for engaging or distancing relations with the 'other'. The Australian Prime Minister John Howard has commented that Australian Muslim immigrants pose an integration problem because of their religious ideas concerning a holy 'jihad' (war) and that there has been no historical equivalent in previous immigrant groups (Megalogenis 2006:121).…”

Section: Muslim Women In Australiamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Isolation and Insecurity: Resettlement Issues Among Muslim Refugee Women in Perth, Western Australia

Casimiro¹,

Hancock²,

Northcote³

2007

Aust J Social Issues

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Refugee Muslim women face a number of formidable obstacles in the resettlement process within Australia. As Muslims, they are a religious minority that has come under considerable racial attack in recent years in the wake of international terrorism. As refugees, they are struggling to put past traumas behind them and find 'security' in a strange land with different customs. As women, they are trying to find a voice for themselves amidst ethnic traditions that limit their range of expression and an Australian society that aspires to, but has not yet achieved, equality for women. Our qualitative study, upon which this paper is based, explored resettlement issues of Muslim refugee women during their first five years of arrival in Perth, Australia. It is based on focus groups and semi-structured interviews with 80 Muslim refugee women: 35 Iraqi, 34 Sudanese and 11 Afghan. Our study re-affirms that well-documented issues of resettlement continue to be poor English language competency, securing employment and accommodation and gender-specific problems. In addition, however, our study highlights a new and emerging issue, which is that of personal, psychological and cultural insecurity, heightened by the current political climate and exacerbated by their religious background. This leads to problematic 'intersections' with an Australian society that is far more complex and more difficult to cope with than is portrayed in popular discourse and political rhetoric of the easy-going 'lucky country'.

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Section: Muslim Women In Australiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Muslim Women In Australiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Isolation and Insecurity: Resettlement Issues Among Muslim Refugee Women in Perth, Western Australia

Casimiro¹,

Hancock²,

Northcote³

2007

Aust J Social Issues

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“…Like the rest of the world, 'Australia has a history of preferring and privileging those people who have White skin' (Moreton-Robinson 1998: 12;Elder 2007). Given the close proximity to Asia, people from Asian countries were viewed as a constant danger, an 'invasion complex' not unlike US images of Asians (Morris 1998;Papastergiadis 2004). While Asians were construed as threatening outsiders, the indigenous population were viewed as a non-white inside threat and problematised.…”

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A Global Look at Mixing: Problems, Pitfalls and Possibilities

Childs¹

2014

Journal of Intercultural Studies

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The importance of studying mixed race in a global perspective is gaining momentum. The global economy, growing rates of immigration, and rapidly advancing information and communication technologies have brought diverse groups in closer contact in more areas of the globe, even those previously regarded as racially and ethnically homogenous. Intermarried couples and mixed race celebrities are often heralded in media reports as examples of a growing phenomenon where race, culture and color are argued to no longer matter, even when that is far from the reality. Amidst these widespread claims of a post-racial or colorblind world, the othering of certain groups and racialized discourse remains, and is often most clear in debates over the possibility or perceived threat of intimacy and sex with racialized Others. Mixing across established boundaries of race, ethnicity, religion or tribe is still dangerous, and these realities need to be studied globally. While countless academic studies and media reports have been devoted to investigating, documenting and/or explaining this phenomenon of mixed identities and relationships, many questions remain unanswered. Who can marry whom? What are attitudes toward "mixing?" How do the children of mixed couples identify? What differences matter? How are these differences articulated and what are the underlying reasons that these perceived differences matter, particularly when it comes to intimate and familial relations? And in an everchanging globalised world, is there a way to understand the experiences of mixed people and families in a global context, or is there too much difference-different histories, different populations and different contexts to find common ground?

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“…A distinctive Anglo-Celtic (Haralambos, 1996;Klocker, 2004) Christian core dominates Australia's imagined national community (Castles et al, 1992), despite being a religiously and ethnically diverse (Melleuish, 2015) "classical immigration country" (Castles, 1987). There is an imbedded fear of racial invasion within Australia, which threatens the nation's identity, sovereignty, security (Every & Augoustinos, 2008b;Leach & Zamora, 2006;O'Doherty & Augoustinos, 2008), order and control (Casimiro, Hancock, & Northcote, 2007;Papastergiadis, 2004). The fear of the non-white "other" has been perpetuated throughout Australia's history (Every & Augoustinos, 2008b).…”

Section: Australia's National Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Friend or Foe: An Analysis of the Contribution National Identity Hegemony Plays in the Acceptance of Asylum Seekers in Australia, Spain and Catalonia

Collins¹

2019

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With the vast number of people currently seeking asylum, this research sought to understand what determines the reception of asylum seekers and rationalises the treatment of asylum seekers by a nation. This is important to gain insight into how and why displaced people are dehumanised and criminalised when seeking asylum. The national identities of Australia, Spain and Catalonia are analysed, as is the influence of each national identity on public perceptions of asylum seekers. To achieve this, Benedict Anderson's understanding of nationalism being an imagined national community has been adopted. A literature review examining the construction of each national identity, and its influence on public perception of asylum seekers was carried out. Findings were then compared with empirical data gathered during observation in Sydney, Australia and Barcelona, Catalonia. It was hypothesised that sentiments held towards asylum seekers by members of a national community could be attributed to the boundaries of inclusion and exclusion created by a national identity. This was confirmed, as a difference in attitudes towards asylum seekers was evident in Australia, Spain and Catalonia resulting from the processes governments have chosen to develop such an identity.

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The Invasion Complex in Australian Political Culture

Cited by 25 publications

References 4 publications

Isolation and Insecurity: Resettlement Issues Among Muslim Refugee Women in Perth, Western Australia

Isolation and Insecurity: Resettlement Issues Among Muslim Refugee Women in Perth, Western Australia

A Global Look at Mixing: Problems, Pitfalls and Possibilities

Friend or Foe: An Analysis of the Contribution National Identity Hegemony Plays in the Acceptance of Asylum Seekers in Australia, Spain and Catalonia

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