| Arab-Australians Today: Citizenship and Belonging Contributor(s): Hage, Ghassan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0522849792 ISBN-13: 9780522849790 Publisher: Melbourne University OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1998 Annotation: The Arab community in Australia is one of the oldest and most established of its immigrant ethnic communities. Together, the various works brought together here cover most aspects of Arab-Australian lives that are of importance today: the history of settlement, attitudes about citizenship, Arab women's activism, Arab antiracism activism, the position of Arab youth between two cultures, nostalgia and homesickness, everyday life in an Arab "ethnic" suburb, and questions of identity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 305.892 |
| LCCN: 2002392318 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.8" W x 8.52" (0.96 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Lebanese and, more generally, the Arab community in Australia is one of the oldest ethnic communities. The essays and works in this volume cover the most important aspects of Arab-Australian's lives: settlement history, attitudes to citizenship, women's activism and identity, among others. |