Un-stitching the lips of a migrant nation

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    Author
    WILLS, SARA
    Date
    2002
    Source Title
    Australian Historical Studies
    Publisher
    University of Melbourne
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Wills, Sara
    Affiliation
    Arts: The Australian Centre
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    Journal (Paginated)
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    Wills, S. (2002). Un-stitching the lips of a migrant nation. Australian Historical Studies, 33(118), 71-89.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/33394
    Abstract
    Outlining some of the features of migrant belonging brought into relief by debate over refugees and asylum seekers in 2001, this article challenges Australian historians to produce histories based as much on the fact of migrancy as the myth of nation. Such histories, it is argued, provide scope for the remembrance of loss, disinheritance and the lack of a sense of belonging, which might in turn encourage us to react with empathy to those seeking refuge in Australia today.
    Keywords
    Australian immigration; refugees; asylum seekers; national identity; migrancy; multiculturalism

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