Our stories are held in the hands of our artists, and spaces such as the Bankstown Poetry Slam (BPS) serve as repositories for these artists to interrogate and explore complex ideas with their audiences. The BPS features artists from diverse backgrounds on its stage. Since its establishment Arab poets in particular are using this space to engage in artistic resistance. These poets have fostered a collective Arab solidarity with the Palestinians under occupation. The research interrogates the formation of Arab identities in relation to this movement as well as the ways in which the members of the Arab poetry community in Western Sydney are racialized. Using mixed qualitative methods, including semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and poetic analysis, this study explores the Arab poetry community in western Sydney, its engagement in the Palestinian resistance and the effects on racialization and identity.
Date of Award | 2020 |
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Original language | English |
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- poets
- Arab
- Arabs
- race identity
- politics and literature
- Bankstown Poetry Slam
- Sydney (N.S.W.)
Diaspora poets responding to the Israeli occupation : a study of Western Sydney's Arab poetry community
Maghchouch, Z. (Author). 2020
Western Sydney University thesis: Master's thesis