Political Memories and Migration - Belonging, Society, and Australia Day (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book explores the relationship between political memories of migration and the politics of migration, following over two hundred years of commemorating Australia Day. References to Europeans' original migration to the continent have been engaged in social and political conflicts to define who should belong to Australian society, who should gain access, and based on what criteria. These political memories were instrumental in negotiating inherent conflicts in the formation of the Australian Commonwealth from settler colonies to an immigrant society. By the second half of the twentieth century, the Commonwealth employed Australia Day commemorations specifically to incorporate new arrivals, promoting at first citizenship and, later on, multiculturalism. The commemoration has been contested throughout its history based on two distinct forms of political memories providing conflicting modes of civic and communal belonging to Australian politics and policies of migration. Introducing the concept of Political Memories, this book offers a novel understanding of the social and political role of memories, not only in regard to migration.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
Release date:	November 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	J. Olaf Kleist
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	222
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-57588-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-137-57588-3
Barcode:	9781137575883

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