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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 6
Page 95
... You're so fair you can't be Aboriginal ' , and ' What about the part of you that isn't Aboriginal ? ' , and ' What percentage of you is Aboriginal ? ' all those qustions were what I'd grown up with around me , so it is ac- tually quite ...
... You're so fair you can't be Aboriginal ' , and ' What about the part of you that isn't Aboriginal ? ' , and ' What percentage of you is Aboriginal ? ' all those qustions were what I'd grown up with around me , so it is ac- tually quite ...
Page 97
... you're doing me a favour , otherwise you can just piss off now . ' That was the most marvellous thing she ever said ... you're not paying atten- tion . But to look Aboriginal people in the eye the whole time you're talking to them is ...
... you're doing me a favour , otherwise you can just piss off now . ' That was the most marvellous thing she ever said ... you're not paying atten- tion . But to look Aboriginal people in the eye the whole time you're talking to them is ...
Page 98
... You're trying to watch other people and trying not to make mis- takes and laugh at the wrong things . . . your whole body lan- guage is different . I'm sure I stick out like a sore thumb to people and they wonder , they think , this ...
... You're trying to watch other people and trying not to make mis- takes and laugh at the wrong things . . . your whole body lan- guage is different . I'm sure I stick out like a sore thumb to people and they wonder , they think , this ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part Two White Australia Has a Black History | 59 |
Part Three A Multicultural Nation? | 101 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal acceptance Affairs areas argued artists Association attempt attitudes Australian became become Black British Bulletin bush called celebration century character civilisation claims Collected colonial continued created critics cultural define described distinctive early economic equality established ethnic example experience fact feminist give groups historians ideas identity ideology immigration important influence interests labour land late later Lawson legend living London look major means Melbourne ment migrants multiculturalism myth nation nationalist nature never origins particular past pioneer political population Press problems production programs radical Reading relations Report response seen sense settlement social society South Studies suburban suggests Sydney things tion tradition tralian University urban values verse Ward Western women writers
References to this book
Alter/Asians: Asian-Australian Identities in Art, Media, and Popular Culture Ien Ang No preview available - 2000 |