In:Anti-racist Discourse on Muslims in the Australian Parliament:
Jennifer E. Cheng
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 72] 2017
► pp. 85–115
Chapter 5Discursive positioning of Muslims inside and outside of the ‘Nation’
Published online: 13 November 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.72.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.72.c5
Article outline
- 5.1Exclusive constructions of the Nation
- 5.1.1Depicting Australian values and laws as superior
- 5.1.2Demanding integration from immigrants
- 5.2Exclusive positioning of Muslims within the Nation
- 5.2.1Drawing attention to ‘problem’ Muslims
- 5.2.2Using Australian values to promote covert exclusion
- 5.3Inclusive constructions of the Nation
- 5.3.1Critiquing the narrow constructions of ‘Australian’
- 5.3.2Engaging the topos of the ‘majority culture’
- 5.4Inclusive positioning of Muslims within the Nation
- 5.4.1Providing counter-discourses to stereotypes of Muslims
- 5.4.2Stating that Muslims are Australian too
- 5.5Chapter summary
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