Anti-racist Discourses on Muslims in Australian Parliamentary Debates
Author | : Jennifer Cheng |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2012 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:855972638 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Using critical discourse analysis, this thesis identified the existence of 'culturalist racism' in Australian parliamentary debates and investigated how politicians contested this... Parliamentary speeches from 2006-2007 showed that politicians' anti-racist talk about Muslims employed the concept of culturalist racism... This thesis makes two important contributions to existing research on racist and anti-racist political discourses. From a theoretical perspective, it shows that racism against Muslims is possible due to the way in which Muslim identities are essentialised through a complex blend of religion, culture and ethnicity. From a practical perspective, it develops new techniques for analysing anti-racist political discourses." -- abstract.