Young Migrant Identities

Creativity and Masculinity

Sherene Idriss

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Routledge
21 May 2019

Cultural studies; Migration, immigration & emigration; Gender studies: men; Ethnic studies

Series: Youth, Young Adulthood and Society

In this day and age, much has been discussed as to what it means ‘to be an Arab’. However, this enlightening volume seeks instead to invite us deeper into young Arab–Australian men’s lives as we explore their vocational aspirations and working experiences within highly racialised and hierarchical industries.

Young Migrant Identities is an in-depth exploration into the lives of Arab–Australian young men living in Western Sydney with creative career aspirations. Indeed, not only does Idriss explore how these men develop interests in fields such as music, filmmaking, and design, but she also examines the multilinear routes that they take to turn these interests into vocational identities. However, in the local migrant communities in which these young men live, creative identities are seen to compromise individual and familial prospects for social mobility, and artistic interests tend to go unsupported. Thus, this book also strives to offer new insights about how notions of gender, ethnicity, and social class are experienced because of these young men’s ‘risky’ career ambitions.

A timely volume, Young Migrant Identities draws together a range of theoretical issues and debates, engaging with sociological approaches to race and social class, creative and cultural economies, and studies on youth. It will particularly appeal to post-graduate students and post-doctoral researchers interested in fields such as Youth Studies, Ethnicity Studies, Cultural Economy, and Migration Studies.

By: Sherene Idriss
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 258g
ISBN: 9780367352929
ISBN 10: 0367352923
Series: Youth, Young Adulthood and Society
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 21 May 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Shu Hal Ayb!: The moral implications of creative passions in Arab–Australian families Nike TNs and Dry Fit: The importance of style among creative aspirants Being ‘weird’ is how you get ahead Making money out of art: Parlaying the passion into a career Politicised ethnic performativities Conclusion: Retrospective and future selves

Sherene Idriss is an Adjunct Fellow at the School of Social Sciences and Psychology (Religion and Society Research Cluster), Western Sydney University.

Reviews for Young Migrant Identities: Creativity and Masculinity

This timely, rich study explores the complex journeys of young Arab-Australian men who pursue creative vocational aspirations as they juggle the competing forces of peers, family and community. Using a life-history narrative analysis approach the book offers new insights into the enduring significance of class, place, gender and ethnicity. In imagining their vocational futures they seek to belong to a broader creative community, building identities that go beyond shared migrant experience. Professor Johanna Wyn, Director of the Youth Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia