UFOs, otherness, and belonging : identity in remote Aboriginal  Australia

Saethre, Eirik J.

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dc.contributor.author	Saethre, Eirik J.
dc.date.accessioned	2007-09-11T12:40:36Z
dc.date.available	2007-09-11T12:40:36Z
dc.date.issued	2007-03
dc.description.abstract	UFO beliefs exist around the world yet they have been almost exclusively analysed within the context of urban American society. This article seeks to understand the ways in which people from differing social and cultural backgrounds also engage in UFO narratives. In a remote Aboriginal desert community in Central Australia, descriptions of UFOs merge popular and media portrayals of extraterrestrials with elements and themes found in local Aboriginal cosmology. Consequently, Aboriginal narratives regarding extraterrestrial beings are able to both reflect the local social environment of race relations and affirm Aboriginal identity.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Saethre, E 2007, ‘UFOs, otherness, and belonging: identity in Rrmote Aboriginal Australia’, Social Identities, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 217-233. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title%7Econtent=t713445719]	en
dc.identifier.issn	1363-0296
dc.identifier.other	10.1080/13504630701235820
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/3459
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis	en
dc.rights	Taylor & Francis. This article is embargoed by the publisher until September 2007	en
dc.subject	Ethnic identity	en
dc.subject	Nationalism	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Unidentified flying objects	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Ethnicity	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Aboriginal Australians	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Group identity	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Tales -- Australia	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Parables -- Australia	en
dc.title	UFOs, otherness, and belonging : identity in remote Aboriginal Australia	en
dc.type	Postprint Article	en