Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia : Language, Culture, Identity.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyrihgt -- Dedication -- Contets -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 Introduction and Conceptual Issues -- 2 Language and Identity in Australian Immigration Policy -- 3 Language(s) and Nationality: Prime Markers of Diaspora Identities? -- 4 Belonging and Attitudes Towards Migrant Heritage Languages -- 5 Too Tall, Too Dark to Be Australian -- 6 Being and Becoming Australian -- 7 Language Practices in Regional Settings - The Language Nesting Model -- 8 Conclusion: Alternative Imaginings of Diasporas - Insights from Decoloniality -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia uses new data on the identity formation process of migrant communities to rethink the vocabularies we use to look at language, culture and identity.