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100	1		_aFunaki, Shinsuke.
245	1	0	_aMulticultural Social Work and Ethnic Identity Positioning A Case Study of Social Welfare Activities by Japanese Community Organizations in Australia _h[electronic resource] / _cShinsuke Funaki.
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520			_aThe recent trend in postmodern social work discourses in Australia espouses anti-essentialist views of identity for social work subjects and deconstructs the uniformity of self into hybrid and changeable identities. However, there are few studies that focus on the problem of anti- essentialism in social work theories in relation to the analysis of neoliberal discourses in actual social welfare fields for middle-class migrants like the Japanese community in Australia. This paper explores the perceptions toward ethnic identity positioning among ethnic community leaders in social welfare activities. The research also attempts to examine the relationship between social welfare activities by ethnic minorities and ethnic identity discourses in social work. The case studies revealed that the essentialist practices of Japanese community organizations aimed at keeping their Japanese ethnicity could co-exist with the production of an anti-essential, hybrid culture in Australian society. It is important to consider cultural complexity in the ethnic identification processes that emerge through social welfare practices by ethnic minorities.
538			_aMode of access: Internet.
653			_amulticultural social work, ethnic identity, Japanese migrants
773	0		_tAsia Pacific journal of social work and development. _g2010, Vol. 20, No.1 _x0218-5385
856			_uhttp://ezproxy01.ny.edu.hk:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21650993.2010.9756071 _zClick here to access full-text article
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