- Bib ID:
- 22785
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Russell, Lynette
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2001
- xiii, 134 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1875606939
- Summary:
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This book explores the dominant discussions in Australian Aboriginal history. Its central tenet is that European textual representations of Aboriginal Australians have characteristically involved images and imaginings of primitivism, great antiquity and sameness. The author argues that Aboriginal-focussed museum displays, textual studies and photo-essays have reduced Aboriginal culture to a moment frozen in pre-contact time.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Australian modernity, post-colonialism and discourses of Aboriginality
- 2. Walkabout: the popular view
- 3. Images of power: colonial relationships and museum representations of Aboriginal Australia
- 4. Koori modernity and corporate identity
- 5. Epilogue: re-presented pasts.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 115-129.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Subject:
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- Also Titled:
- Historical and contemporary constructions of Australian aboriginalities
- Copyright:
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