Images of Australia: An Introductory Reader in Australian StudiesGillian Whitlock, David Carter This introductory text for students and general readers is designed for use with the new ABC TV Open Learning program. Through a collection of 14 readings by writers and academics such as Graeme Davison and Gail Reekie it explores questions of Australian culture and identity. |
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... eyes " rather than with the eyes of an alienated exile ? It was a common view after the Second World War , when many intellectuals sought to give the national identity a radical heritage . It was a common idea too in the 1920s , when ...
... eyes " rather than with the eyes of an alienated exile ? It was a common view after the Second World War , when many intellectuals sought to give the national identity a radical heritage . It was a common idea too in the 1920s , when ...
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... eyes told us was full or half or quarter or eighth . South Africa's criteria for race classification in- clude ... eye of the beholder . • Paul Everingham , then Chief Minister of the Northern Terri- tory , told a House of ...
... eyes told us was full or half or quarter or eighth . South Africa's criteria for race classification in- clude ... eye of the beholder . • Paul Everingham , then Chief Minister of the Northern Terri- tory , told a House of ...
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... eye all the time that they're talking to you is rude ; it's like you're not paying atten- tion . But to look Aboriginal people in the eye the whole time you're talking to them is rude , because you're staring at them . That was really ...
... eye all the time that they're talking to you is rude ; it's like you're not paying atten- tion . But to look Aboriginal people in the eye the whole time you're talking to them is rude , because you're staring at them . That was really ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part Two White Australia Has a Black History | 59 |
Part Three A Multicultural Nation? | 101 |
Copyright | |
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Alter/Asians: Asian-Australian Identities in Art, Media, and Popular Culture Ien Ang No preview available - 2000 |