Genocide or a failure to gel? Racism, history and notionalism in Australian talk

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dc.contributor.authorAugoustinos, M.
dc.contributor.authorTuffin, K.
dc.contributor.authorRapley, M.
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractIn a context of wide media attention to public debates about the social, political and epistemic entitlements of different groups within Australian society, an understanding of the rhetorical resources and the discursive work doen by differing constructions of `race', has become an important local issue. This article examines data from discussions between two groups of (non-indigenous) university students on a range of contemporary issues concerning race relations in Australia. Participants drew on four common discursive themes when discussing Aboriginal people. These were: an imperialist narrative of Australian history exculpatory of colonialism; an economic-rationalist/neo-liberal discourse of `productivity' and entitlement managing accountability for a contemporary Aboriginal `plight'; a local discourse of balance and even-handedness which discounted the seriousness of discrimination and racism in Australia; and a nationalist discourse stressing the necessity of all members collectively identifying as `Australian'. These interpretative resources are illustrated and discussed in terms of their rhetorical organization and social consequences. The international pervasiveness of a range of modern racist tropes and the local cultural specificity of their working-up are discussed.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMartha Augoustinos, Keith Tuffin, Mark Rapley
dc.identifier.citationDiscourse & Society, 1999; 10(3):351-378
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0957926599010003004
dc.identifier.issn0957-9265
dc.identifier.issn1460-3624
dc.identifier.orcidAugoustinos, M. [0000-0002-7212-1499]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/3250
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage
dc.rightsCopyright status unknown
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0957926599010003004
dc.subjectAustralian race relations
dc.subjectdiscourse analysis
dc.subjectmodern racism
dc.subjectordinary talk
dc.titleGenocide or a failure to gel? Racism, history and notionalism in Australian talk
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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