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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808655003321

Autore

Faulkner Joanne

Titolo

Young and free : [post]colonial ontologies of childhood, memory, and history in Australia / / Joanne Faulkner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield International, , 2016

ISBN

1-78348-308-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Continental philosophy in Austral-Asia

Disciplina

306.0994

Soggetti

Child psychology - Australia - History

Postcolonialism - Australia - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Child; Part II: Memory; Part III: History; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Chapter One: Visions of Autonomy: Figures of the Child as Model of the Human; Chapter Two: Phantasms of Subjection and the Oblivion of the Other; Chapter Three: The Uncanny Child as Postcolonial Unconscious and Conscience; Chapter Four: Children Lost and Stolen; Chapter Five: The Child as Witness; Chapter Six: Nostalgia, Colonialism and Aboriginal Community; Chapter Seven: 'Stronger Futures?' The Peculiar Temporalities of [Post]colonial Community

Chapter Eight: The Emergent Community

Sommario/riassunto

Engaging philosophy with history, literature, film and testimony, this book examines the critical relationship between white Australian identity and the cultural priority of childhood in Australia.