Sherene Idriss obtained her PhD from the Institute of Culture and Society, Western Sydney University in 2015. Her thesis, titled examined the ways that categories of youth, gender, social class and personal ambition intersect and play out in ethnic-minority communities. She previously holds a BA and Honours in Anthropology from Macquarie University in which she explored community politics and cultural brokerage in Muslim minority groups within Sydney. Her research interests include the youth subcultures; intersections between religion, gender and identity practices.

Publications

Idriss, S (forthcoming 2017) Young Migrant Identities: Creative Aspirations and Arab-Australian young men. Routledge: London.

Idriss, S and Morgan G (forthcoming 2016). 'Longue Duree Masculinity: Conserving the Craft Ethic in the New Economy' in Walker, C and Roberts, S eds. Masculinity, Labour and Neoliberalism. Palgrave: Basingstoke.

Idriss, S. (2016) Racialization in the creative industries and the Arab-Australian multicultural artist. Journal of Intercultural Studies, Vol 4:37, pp 406-420.

Idriss, S., 2015. '"What every other Leb wears": Intra-ethnic tensions among Lebanese-Australian youth'. In S. Baker, R. Robards, & B. Buttigeig, eds. Youth Cultures and Subcultures: Australian Perspectives. Ashgate, pp. 115–124.

Morgan, G., & Idriss, S. (2012). Corsages on their parents' jackets: employment and aspiration among Arabic-speaking youth in Western Sydney. Journal of Youth Studies, Vol 15:7, pp 929-943.

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