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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dawson, Barbara (Barbara Chambers) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Anu, Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2014.
Series:Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched
Subjects:
1800-1901
Women pioneers > Australia > Attitudes.
Intercultural communication > Australia > 19th century.
Aboriginal Australians > Public opinion > History.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of > Australia > History > 1851-1901.
Women pioneers > Australia > Attitudes > History > 19th century.
Aboriginal Australians > Public opinion.
Public opinion > Australia.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of > Australia > History > 19th century.
Pionnières > Australie > Attitudes > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Australiens (Aborigènes) > Opinion publique.
Opinion publique > Australie.
Australiens (Aborigènes), Attitudes envers les > Australie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Pionnières > Australie > Attitudes.
Australiens (Aborigènes) > Opinion publique > Histoire.
Indigenous peoples.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Public opinion
Aboriginal Australians > Public opinion
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of
Intercultural communication
Race relations
Women pioneers > Attitudes
Australia > Race relations > History > 1851-1901.
Australia > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Australie > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Australia
history.
aboriginal.
colonialism.
indigenous studies.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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