Duelling Discourses: A Rhetorical Device for Challenging Anti-Asylum Sentiment in Western Australia.
Opposition to Australia's resettlement of refugees has received considerable focus in discursive research; however, limited attention has been paid to how such opposition is challenged through talk. Existing anti-racism studies indicate a tendency to construct perspectives in support of welcoming ne...
| Published in: | Journal of Australian Studies Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 303 - 318 |
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