Legacies of Violence

Rendering the Unspeakable Past in Modern Australia
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78533-436-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 543 g

Whether in the form of warfare, dispossession, forced migration, or social prejudice, Australia’s sense of nationhood was born from—and continues to be defined by—experiences of violence. Legacies of Violence probes this brutal legacy through case studies that range from the colonial frontier to modern domestic spaces, exploring themes of empathy, isolation, and Australians’ imagined place in the world. Moving beyond the primacy that is typically accorded white accounts of violence, contributors place particular emphasis on the experiences of those perceived to be on the social periphery, repositioning them at the center of Australia’s relationship to global events and debates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mason, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Australische und Pazifische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Rendering the Legacies of the Past

Robert Mason

Chapter 1. The Politics of State-Sanctioned Violence in Australia: Racialized Constructions of Nation

Linda Briskman

PART I: HIDDEN VIOLENCE

Chapter 2. Uncovering the Shameful: Sexual Violence on an Australian Colonial Frontier

Libby Connors

Chapter 3. Fighting for Dignity: Migrant Identities in the Workplaces of Northern Australia

Robert Mason

Chapter 4. The Family Trust: On Assimilation, Migration and Concealing Ambivalent Identities

Ruth Longdin

Chapter 5. Legacies of the Uyghur Homeland and Uyghur–Australians

Anna Hayes

PART II: INTIMATE VIOLENCE

Chapter 6. The Greek Civil War, Child Removal and Traumatic Pasts in Australia

Joy Damousi

Chapter 7. From Hell to Hope: Postwar Jewish Holocaust Survivor Migration

Suzanne Rutland

Chapter 8. HIV/AIDS, Loss and the Australian Gay Community

Robert Reynolds and Shirleene Robinson

PART III: SANCTIONED VIOLENCE

Chapter 9. The RSL and Post-World War I Returned Soldier Violence in Australia

Martin Crotty

Chapter 10. Service Personnel: Australian Experiences of Interculturality and Violence in British India

Richard Gehrmann

Chapter 11. Race and Ethnicity in Sex Crimes Trials from 1950s Australia

Andy Kaladelfos and Lisa Featherstone

Chapter 12. The Violence of Exclusion: Australia’s Migration Zone Excision and the State of Exception

Farida Fozdar

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mason, Robert
Robert Mason is a lecturer at Griffith University, Queensland. He is editor of several collections, including Cultures in Refuge: Seeking Sanctuary in Modern Australia (2012 with Anna Hayes) and Migration and Insecurity: Citizenship and Social Inclusion in a Transnational Era (2013 with Niklaus Steiner and Anna Hayes). His research focuses on emotion and the legacies of violence in both migration and heritage.