No one smiles at me: The double displacement of iranian migrant men as refugees who use drugs in Australia
Publication Name
Social Sciences
Abstract
Drawing on relevant sociological and feminist theories namely a social constructivist and intersectional framework, this article explores ways in which migrant Iranian men as ‘refugees’ ‘who use drugs’ navigate the complex terrain of ‘double displacement’ in the Australian contemporary context. It presents findings from a series of community based participatory and culturally responsive focus groups and in-depth interviews of twenty-seven participants in Sydney, Australia. Results highlight the ways in which social categories of gender, language, class, ethnicity, race, migration status and their relationship to intersubjective hierarchies and exclusion in Australia circumnavigate and intervene with participants’ alcohol and other drugs’ (AOD) use and related harms. The article argues that there is a need to pay greater attention to the implications of masculinities, power relations and the resultant material, social and affective emotional impacts of displacement for refugee men within Australian health care responses.
Open Access Status
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Volume
10
Issue
3
Article Number
85
First Page
1
Last Page
25
Funding Number
2019/181
Funding Sponsor
Community Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Research Network