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Kowal Emma |
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Titolo |
Trapped in the gap : doing good in indigenous Australia / / Emma Kowal |
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : berghahn, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-78238-604-1 |
1-78238-600-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions - 21st century |
Aboriginal Australians - Services for |
Aboriginal Australians - Ethnic identity |
White people - Australia - Attitudes |
Race awareness - Australia |
Electronic books. |
Australia Race relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chapter 1 Studying 'Good' ; Chapter 2 The Culture of White Anti-racism ; Chapter 3 Tiwi 'Long Grassers' ; Chapter 4 Welcome to Country ; Chapter 5 Mutual Recognition ; Chapter 6 White Stigma ; Conclusion; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Australia, a 'tribe' of white, middle-class, progressive professionals is actively working to improve the lives of Indigenous people. This book explores what happens when well-meaning people, supported by the state, attempt to help without harming. 'White anti-racists' find themselves trapped by endless ambiguities, contradictions, and double binds -- a microcosm of the broader dilemmas of postcolonial societies. These dilemmas are fueled by tension between the twin desires of equality and difference: to make Indigenous people statistically the same as non-Indigenous people (to 'close the gap') |
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