At home/out of place: Young people's multicultural belongings

Anita Harris

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Abstract

What does it mean to come of age in an era of anti-multiculturalism? How does such an environment shape the ways young people of diverse backgrounds come to feel at home -in the nation, in the city, in their neighbourhoods, and in their national identity? Discussing findings from a study of youth in the multicultural suburbs of five Australian cities, this chapter explores how the politics of belonging is lived through the spatial practices of everyday civic life for those who have grown up during the multiculturalism backlash of the 1990s and 2000s. It examines the contradictory picture that emerges of a new generation claiming a right to multicultural citizenship and forging productive diversity within the urban multiculture, and yet simultaneously positioned as out of place within civic life.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCultural, Religious and Political Contestations: The Multicultural Challenge
EditorsFethi Mansouri
Place of PublicationCham Switzerland
PublisherSpringer
Pages155 - 167
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783319160023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Belonging
  • Everyday multiculturalism
  • Multicultural citizenship
  • Multiculturalism
  • Racism
  • Youth

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