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<jats:p>Negotiation, Polyphony and Difference in Greek-Australian Creative Practices</jats:p>
<jats:p>In polyethnic countries like Australia, multicultural policies are usually based on concepts of discrete ethnie identities demarcated by ethnocultural characteristics. This paper concentrates on several specific Greek-Australian cultural activities that negotiate polyphony. Examplcs are drawn from : firsl; presentations by Greek-Australian writers at a conference held on Australia Day. 1998, and second; variations within Greek rebetika music as played within specifc Australian contexts. 1 argue that these practices are not simply aesthetic celebrations of multiculturalism, but critiques of essenlialising identities that demonstrate what Bourdieu calls the « polythetic » aspect of all cultural practice.</jats:p>