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9780522849547

Reading Race Aboriginality in Australian Children's Literature

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  • ISBN13:

    9780522849547

  • ISBN10:

    0522849547

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-07-08
  • Publisher: Melbourne University Press

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Summary

Examination of the representations of Australia's indigenous peoples in texts for children and of how these have helped to colour the attitudes, beliefs and assumptions of different generations of Australians. Draws on examples from popular and literary children's books of all genres - fiction, non-fiction, picture books and school texts - by both white and Aboriginal writers. Also uncovers the different ideologies of race that have informed Australian children's texts since the 19th century. Includes illustrations, endnotes, bibliography and index. Author is an Associate Professor in the School of Literary and Communication Studies at Deakin University.

Author Biography

Clare Bradford is an Associate Professor in the School of Literary and Communication Studies at Deakin University. She has published four books, and her many journal articles and book chapters on aspects of children's literature have appeared in Australian and international publications.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements viii
Introduction 1(13)
Colonial Discourse and its Fictions
14(34)
Religious Discourses and Aboriginality
48(32)
Intersecting Discourses: Gender and Race in Children's Books
80(29)
Speaking for the Aborigines: Knowledge, Power and Aboriginalism
109(22)
White on Black in Criticism and Fiction: Contemporary Dilemmas
131(28)
Indigenous Voices in Children's Literature
159(32)
Towards Reconciliation? Cross cultural Encounters in the 1990s
191(28)
Narratives of Identity and History in Settler Colony Texts
219(27)
Notes 246(17)
Bibliography 263(13)
Index 276

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