Abstract
This year we celebrate not only the twentieth anniversary of the Culture and Communication Studies section but also the twentieth anniversary of Ghassan Hage’s White nation—his ethnographic account of what he calls the white national subject. My paper is an attempt to build on Ghassan’s work by considering research published since his book. I will argue that in the public culture of Australia, Indigenous people and Indigenous things are now prolifically affirmed. Before I explore this Indigenous-affirmative culture, let me explicitly exclude two topics: the extent and nature of racism against Indigenous Australians; and Indigenous Australians’ experiences of contemporary Australian society.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 104-108 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Cultural Studies Review |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
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- Aboriginal Australians
- culture
- ethnic relations
- multiculturalism