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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Page 146
... Historians , overwhelmingly male , have long been preoccupied with the Aus- tralianness of Australia's history and its distinctiveness as a na- tion . As generations of schoolchildren can attest , the traditional panorama of Australia's ...
... Historians , overwhelmingly male , have long been preoccupied with the Aus- tralianness of Australia's history and its distinctiveness as a na- tion . As generations of schoolchildren can attest , the traditional panorama of Australia's ...
Page 147
... historians have been arguing since 1970 , in the need to rigorously and systematically incorporate women , gender and feminism into mainstream history . There is evidence to suggest , however , that historical accounts of the nation can ...
... historians have been arguing since 1970 , in the need to rigorously and systematically incorporate women , gender and feminism into mainstream history . There is evidence to suggest , however , that historical accounts of the nation can ...
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... historians.17 She argues that white anglo - saxon men have invented the nation through phallocentric language struc- tured on systems of difference that oppose male and female . The bush and the Australian landscape have constituted a ...
... historians.17 She argues that white anglo - saxon men have invented the nation through phallocentric language struc- tured on systems of difference that oppose male and female . The bush and the Australian landscape have constituted a ...
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 |