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Trapped in the gap: doing good in indigenous Australia

2015 Emma Kowal ;ISBN: 1782385991 ;ISBN: 1782386009 ;ISBN: 9781782386001 ;ISBN: 9781782385998 ;ISBN: 9781782386049 ;ISBN: 1782386041 ;EISBN: 9781782386001 ;EISBN: 1782386009 ;DOI: 10.1515/9781782386001 ;OCLC: 903317175 ;LCCallNum: DU124.S63K68 2015

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  • Title:
    Trapped in the gap: doing good in indigenous Australia
  • Author: Kowal, Emma
  • Subjects: 21st century ; Aboriginal Australians ; Anthropology ; Attitudes ; Australia ; Cultural ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; Ethnic identity ; Race awareness ; Race relations ; Services for ; SOC062000 ; Social conditions ; Social Science ; Social service ; Social work with indigenous peoples ; Sociology ; Whites
  • Description: In Australia, a 'tribe' of white, middle-class, progressive professionals is actively working to improve the lives of Indigenous people. This book explores what happens when well-meaning people, supported by the state, attempt to help without harming. 'White anti-racists' find themselves trapped by endless ambiguities, contradictions, and double binds - a microcosm of the broader dilemmas of postcolonial societies. These dilemmas are fueled by tension between the twin desires of equality and difference: to make Indigenous people statistically the same as non-Indigenous people (to 'close the gap') while simultaneously maintaining their 'cultural' distinctiveness. This tension lies at the heart of failed development efforts in Indigenous communities, ethnic minority populations and the global South. This book explains why doing good is so hard, and how it could be done differently.
  • Publisher: New York, NY: Berghahn Books
  • Creation Date: 2015
  • Format: 214
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 1782385991
    ISBN: 1782386009
    ISBN: 9781782386001
    ISBN: 9781782385998
    ISBN: 9781782386049
    ISBN: 1782386041
    EISBN: 9781782386001
    EISBN: 1782386009
    DOI: 10.1515/9781782386001
    OCLC: 903317175
    LCCallNum: DU124.S63K68 2015
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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