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100			_aMacduff, Anne _940180
245			_aPerforming legal and national identities: Australian citizenship ceremonies and the management of cultural diversity
260			_aSocial and Legal Studies
300			_a32(2), Apr, 2023: p.197-215
520			_aAcademic scholarship analyses how citizenship law reforms such as longer residency requirements and tougher language tests reinforce culturally exclusionary national narratives. Citizenship ceremonies however, have largely escaped scholarly attention. Drawing on Australia as a case study, this article addresses that gap. After examining how Australian citizenship is performed at ceremonies, this article argues that although the government states that citizenship ceremonies should welcome new citizens, deep suspicions about the cultural diversity of migrants are also conveyed. This paper contributes to an understanding of how citizenship ceremonies reinforce culturally exclusionary national narratives, even where the legal criteria for acquiring citizenship status is non-discriminatory. This paper also illustrates how citizenship ceremonies are important sites for the construction and communication of legal identities. – Reproduced
650			_aCeremony, Citizenship status, Cultural diversity, Law, National identity, Performance. _938045
773			_aSocial and Legal Studies
906			_aCITIZENSHIP
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