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Re-thinking multiculturalism: performing the Cronulla beach riot
Since 11 September 2001, Australia’s race relations have been an issue of significant cultural concern, particularly relations between Anglo-Celtic and Middle-Eastern Australians. Riots on Cronulla Beach, Sydney, in December 2005 heightened this concern. This paper looks at the events at Cronulla and the debates they catalysed about race relations in Australia, and examines how these discourses have been shaped by arguments from both the Right and the Left. Informed by the discourse of critical multiculturalism, we examine several performance-based arts activities that made the riots their subject matter and argue that these arts practices reflect a larger cultural concern about the currency of traditional forms of multiculturalism, and promote instead an emphasis on understanding racial conflict as a critical negotiation over shared territories and values.
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International journal of the humanitiesVolume
5Issue
3Pagination
37 - 43Publisher
Common GroundLocation
Altona, Vic.ISSN
1447-9508eISSN
1447-9559Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
2007, Common Ground, Katya Johanson, Hilary GlowUsage metrics
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