Journal article 2 views
‘Not like those Lebs’: intra-ethnic distinction and conditional citizenship in regional Australia
Fadi Baghdadi
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Pages: 1 - 23
Swansea University Author: Fadi Baghdadi
Full text not available from this repository: check for access using links below.
DOI (Published version): 10.1080/1369183x.2025.2576612
Abstract
This article explores how Lebanese Muslims in the regional Australian city of Wollongong navigate conditional citizenship through intra-ethnic distinction. Drawing on 38 semi-structured interviews with participants spanning four generations of migrants from the southern Lebanese village of Marj el-Z...
| Published in: | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1369-183X 1469-9451 |
| Published: |
Informa UK Limited
2025
|
| Online Access: |
Check full text
|
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70694 |
| Abstract: |
This article explores how Lebanese Muslims in the regional Australian city of Wollongong navigate conditional citizenship through intra-ethnic distinction. Drawing on 38 semi-structured interviews with participants spanning four generations of migrants from the southern Lebanese village of Marj el-Zhour, this study illustrates how they distinguish themselves from the stigma attached to Lebanese Muslims in Western Sydney. Building on the work of Bourdieu, Rosaldo, Derrida, and Fanon, the analysis develops a framework conceptualising four interrelated dimensions of conditional citizenship – social, cultural, discursive, and psychological – to examine how everyday practices of intra-ethnic distinction are mobilised across generations. Although regional settlement is promoted as a pathway to inclusion, participants described heightened cultural visibility, self-regulation, and feelings of exclusion. This study contributes to debates on cultural citizenship and everyday multiculturalism, highlighting how conditionality is negotiated not only between ethnic groups but also within them. |
|---|---|
| Keywords: |
Lebanese diaspora; Multiculturalism; Intra-ethnic distinction; Conditional Citizenship; Regional Australia |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
| Funders: |
This research was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) scholarship provided by the Australian Government. |
| Start Page: |
1 |
| End Page: |
23 |