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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140293103321

Autore

Shoemaker Adam

Titolo

Black words, white page : Aboriginal literature, 1929-1988 / / Adam Shoemaker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, ACT : , : ANU E Press, , 2004

ISBN

9780975122969

0975122967

Edizione

[New edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

820.989915

Soggetti

Australian literature - Aboriginal Australian authors - History and criticism

Australian literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Aboriginal Australians in literature

Australia In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous edition: University of Queensland Press, 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Australia’s Fourth World Literature --1. From depression to war --2. Popular perceptions of an unpopular people, 1929-1945 --3. World War Two and the assimilation era: a self-destructive doctrine --4. The literary perception, 1945-1961 --5. Progress and frustrated expectations: the era since 1961 --6. Views of Australian history in Aboriginal literature --7. Sex and violence in the black Australian novel --8. The poetry of politics: Australian Aboriginal verse --9. Aboriginality and black Australian drama --10. Conclusion: black words on white pages.