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

dc.contributor.authorSaethre, Eirik J.
dc.date.accessioned2007-09-11T12:40:36Z
dc.date.available2007-09-11T12:40:36Z
dc.date.issued2007-03
dc.description.abstractUFO 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.citationSaethre, 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.issn1363-0296
dc.identifier.other10.1080/13504630701235820
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/3459
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.rightsTaylor & Francis. This article is embargoed by the publisher until September 2007en
dc.subjectEthnic identityen
dc.subjectNationalismen
dc.subject.lcshUnidentified flying objectsen
dc.subject.lcshEthnicityen
dc.subject.lcshAboriginal Australiansen
dc.subject.lcshGroup identityen
dc.subject.lcshTales -- Australiaen
dc.subject.lcshParables -- Australiaen
dc.titleUFOs, otherness, and belonging : identity in remote Aboriginal Australiaen
dc.typePostprint Articleen

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