Chapter 5
Discursive positioning of Muslims inside and outside of the ‘Nation’
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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Notes