White Australian identities and Indigenous land rights

Koerner, Catherine (2015). White Australian identities and Indigenous land rights. Social Identities,21(2):87-101.

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IRMA ID	75039815xPUB812
Title	White Australian identities and Indigenous land rights
Author	Koerner, Catherine
Journal Name	Social Identities
Publication Date	2015
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	2
ISSN	1350-4630 (check CDU catalogue )
Scopus ID	2-s2.0-84937522610
Start Page	87
End Page	101
Total Pages	15
Place of Publication	United Kingdom
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd.
Field of Research	STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY
HERDC Category	C1 - Journal Article (DIISR)
Abstract	Land has been central to debates about the relationship between Indigenous (First Nations) and non-Indigenous Australian identities since colonial violence founded the nation. How do white Australians understand Indigenous land rights? This paper draws on an empirical ethnographic study with rural people who self-identify as ‘white Australian’ to analyze the key discourses of land, identity and nation and the complexities of how whiteness and race is socially produced and lived in rural Australia. The study found that white Australian discourses of nation and identity limit most of the respondents' ability to construct their identity in relation to Indigenous sovereignty.
Keywords	race nation identity indigenous relations colonialism Australian identity
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504630.2014.1002391 (check subscription with CDU E-Gateway service for CDU Staff and Students )

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