- Title
- Circulating stories: East Timorese in Australia and questions of post-independence identity
- Creator
- Askland, Hedda Haugen
- Relation
- Oceania Vol. 84, Issue 2, p. 105-120
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ocea.5051
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- During the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, diasporic groups played a central role in the campaign for self-determination. Throughout the occupation, East Timorese in Australia maintained a strong sense of long-distance nationalism, which drove, directly or indirectly, communal and social activities. The fight to free East Timor was at the core of the exiles’ collective imagination, defining them as a largely homeland-focused community. However, in the aftermath of the independence, the role and position of the diaspora have been less clear and the exiles have struggled to redefine their relationship with their home country. Personal experiences upon return and perceptions of political, cultural, economic, and social development (or lack thereof) have led to renewed questioning of identity and belonging. This article explores the renewed questioning of identity and belonging embedded in people’s ‘circulating stories’ of change, sacrifice and return.
- Subject
- East Timor; diaspora; socio-political and cultural change; identity; narrative practice
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1045605
- Identifier
- uon:14487
- Identifier
- ISSN:0029-8077
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Askland, Hedda Haugen. “Circulating stories: East Timorese in Australia and questions of post-independence identity”, Oceania Vol. 84, Issue 2, p.105-120 (2014) which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ocea.5051. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
- Language
- eng
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