Abstract
If, as the call for papers suggests, there is 'no going back to simplistic national narratives', then I would like to begin by paper by asking, when did they disappear? In my paper I would like to explore the territory between on the one hand the project of abandoning the image of say a homogeneous and safely white Australia, and, on the other, the remarkable resilience and the dynamic processes of recreating/redefining/reifying the homogeneous (white) nation. In other words I intend to explore how the dynamics of resurrecting the homogeneous interacts/collides/coincides with (the expectedly) dynamically globalised, post-multicultural reality of contemporary Australia. And I might just do this through the tourist lense, as one site where the dynamic heterogeneity of a globalised society confronts the neatly packaged image of the nation in its most reduced form.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 12 Sept 2011 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 12 Sept 2011 |
| Event | 11th Biennial EASA Conference - University of Presov, Presov, Slovakia Duration: 12 Sept 2011 → 15 Sept 2011 http://www.easa-australianstudies.net/easa/conference/biennial/easa11 |
Conference
| Conference | 11th Biennial EASA Conference |
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| Location | University of Presov |
| Country/Territory | Slovakia |
| City | Presov |
| Period | 12/09/2011 → 15/09/2011 |
| Other | European Association for Australian Studies |
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