Contemporary racism and Islamaphobia in Australia - Racializing religion

被引:201
作者
Dunn, Kevin M. [1 ]
Klocker, Natascha [1 ]
Salabay, Tanya [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ New S Wales, Sch BEES, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
[2] Deakin Univ, Sch Int & Polit Studies, Geelong, Vic 3217, Australia
关键词
asylum seekers; Islam; Lakemba; new racism; racialization; ASYLUM SEEKERS; FALSE BELIEFS; CONSTRUCTIONS; ATTITUDES; GEOGRAPHY; SYDNEY; PLACE; ISLAM;
D O I
10.1177/1468796807084017
中图分类号
C95 [民族学、文化人类学];
学科分类号
0304 ; 030401 ;
摘要
Contemporary anti-Muslim sentiment in Australia is reproduced through a racialization that includes well rehearsed stereotypes of Islam, perceptions of threat and inferiority, as well as fantasies that the Other (in this case Australian Muslims) do not belong, or are absent. These are not old or colour-based racisms, but they do manifest certain characteristics that allow us to conceive a racialization process in relation to Muslims. Three sets of findings show how constructions of Islam are important means through which racism is reproduced. First, public opinion surveys reveal the extent of Islamaphobia in Australia and the links between threat perception and constructions of alien-ness and Otherness. The second data set is from a content analysis of the racialized pathologies of Muslims and their spaces. The third is from an examination of the undercurrents of Islamaphobia and national cultural selectivity in the politics of responding to asylum seekers. Negative media treatment is strongly linked to antipathetic government dispositions. This negativity has material impacts upon Australian Muslims. It sponsors a more widespread Islamaphobia, (mis) informs opposition to mosque development and ever more restrictive asylum seeker policies, and lies behind arson attacks and racist violence. Ultimately, the racialization of Islam corrupts belonging and citizenship for Muslim Australians.
引用
收藏
页码:564 / 589
页数:26
相关论文
共 72 条
[1]  
ANDERSON K, 1990, AUSTR GEOGRAPHICAL S, V28, P137
[2]  
[Anonymous], 2004, ISM LIST NAT CONS EL
[3]  
[Anonymous], NAT REP
[4]  
*AUSTR BUR STAT, 2003, CUST MATR ISL BIRTHP
[5]  
*AUSTR BUR STAT CE, 2002, CDATA2001
[6]  
*AUSTR NAT U RES S, 2004, AUSTR SURV SOC ATT
[7]  
Barker M., 1981, NEW RACISM CONSERVAT
[8]  
Blum LawrenceA., 2002, IM NOT RACIST BUT MO
[9]   Constructions of 'race', place and discipline: Geographies of 'racial' identity and racism [J].
Bonnett, A .
ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES, 1996, 19 (04) :864-883
[10]  
BROWNING JA, 2003, RACISM MONITOR JUL