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Savage imaginings : historical and contemporary constructions of Australian Aboriginalities / by Lynette Russell

Record no:

39246

Call no:

T/572.994 RUS

Author:

Russell, Lynette

Publisher:

Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing

Year:

2001

Description:

xiii, 134 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Australian Aborigines;
Australian Aborigines - Ethnicity;
Europeans - Australia - Attitudes;
Koori (Australian people);
Australian Aborigines - Women;

Museums - Australian Aborigines;
Walkabout (Magazine);
Public opinion - Australia;

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Isbn:

1875606939

Type:

Book

Abstract:

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.

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Contents:

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.

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