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Title
Afrodiasporic identities in Australia : articulations of Blackness and Africanness / Kathomi Gatwiri, Leticia Anderson.
ISBN
9789811942822 (electronic bk.)
981194282X (electronic bk.)
9811942811
9789811942815
Published
Singapore : Springer, 2022.
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 168 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-981-19-4282-2 doi
Call Number
DU122.A35 .G25 2022eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.896094
Summary
This book explores the Afro-diasporic experiences of African skilled migrants in Australia. It explores research participants' experiences of migration and how these experiences inform their lives and the lives of their family. It provides theory-based arguments examining how mainstream immigration attitudes in Australia impact upon Black African migrants through the mediums of mediatised moral panics about Black criminality and acts of everyday racism that construct and enforce their 'strangerhood'. The book presents theoretical writing on alternate African diasporic experiences and identities and the changing nature of such identities. The qualitative study employed semi-structured interviews to investigate multiple aspects of the migrant experience including employment, parenting, family dynamics and overall sense of belonging. This book advances our understanding of the resilience exercised by skilled Black African migrants as they adjust to a new life in Australia, with particular implications for social work, public health and community development practices.
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Overview of the Book
Contextualising Afrodiasporic Cultures and Identities
The Politics of Blackness: Theorising Afrodiasporic Identities and Experiences
The Boundaries of Belonging: Misrecognition and Challenges of Representation
The Workplace as a Racial Battleground and Devaluation of Black Expertise
Families Growing Through Change: Dynamics in the Afrodiasporic Family
Afro-Masculinities in an Australian Context
Chapter 9-Resilient Narratives: Telling Our Stories, Our Way
Conclusion: A Way Forward for Policy, Practitioners and Researchers.
