Mason, Robert (2010) Women on the march: radical Hispanic migrants in northern Australia. Labour History: a Journal of Labour and Social History, 99 (1). pp. 149-164. ISSN 0023-6942
Abstract
Positioned at the intersection of studies in gender, labour history and migration, this article is anchored in both Australian and Hispanic scholarship. It analyses the Hispanic communities of rural northern Australia during the first half of the twentieth century, and integrates local responses with those of the broader Hispanic world. In particular, it demonstrates that Hispanic women used their political experiences from Spain and Argentina to assume public positions of community leadership in an Australian region frequently characterised as highly masculinised. As migrants, they applied Hispanic culture and precedent to the Australian industrial context. In doing so, the women defied characterisations of passivity and, instead, exemplified female participation in political activism based on transnational experience.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Permanent restricted access to published version due to publisher copyright policy. |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Historic - Faculty of Arts - Department of Humanities and International Studies |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Dec 2010 03:35 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2015 06:23 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Hispanic communities; Australia; women |
| Fields of Research : | 21 History and Archaeology > 2103 Historical Studies > 210303 Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) 16 Studies in Human Society > 1606 Political Science > 160609 Political Theory and Political Philosophy 16 Studies in Human Society > 1608 Sociology > 160803 Race and Ethnic Relations |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | C Society > 95 Cultural Understanding > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950503 Understanding Australia's Past |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/8550 |
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