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In the eye of the beholder : what six nineteenth-century women tell us about Indigenous authority and identity /

This book offers a fresh perspective in the debate on settler perceptions of Indigenous Australians. It draws together a suite of little known colonial women (apart from Eliza Fraser) and investigates their writings for what they reveal about their attitudes to, views on and beliefs about Aboriginal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dawson, Barbara (Barbara Chambers) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Anu, Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2014.
Colección:Open Access e-Books
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Notice to Indigenous readers
  • Introduction
  • 1. Sowing the seeds for nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century women's writing
  • Part A. Adventurers
  • 2. Early perceptions of Aborigines
  • Eliza Fraser's legacy : 'Through a glass darkly'
  • 3. Literary excesses
  • Eliza Davies : imagination and fabrication
  • 4. Queensland frontier adventure
  • Emily Cowl : excitement and humour
  • Part B. Settlers : changing the racial landscape
  • 5. An early, short-term settler
  • Katherine Kirkland : valuable insights through the silences
  • 6. Mary McConnel : Christianising the Aborigines?
  • 7. Australian-born settler
  • Rose Scott Cowen : acknowledging Indigenous humanity and integrity
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A : the works of the women writers
  • Appendix B : the works of other Australian women writers referred to in this book.