Writing home : walking, literature and belonging in Australia's Red Centre /

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Writing Home explores the literary representation of Australian places by those who have walked them. In particular, it examines how Aboriginal and settler narratives of walking have shaped portrayals of Australia's Red Centre and consequently ideas of nation and belonging. Central Australia ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Morrison, Glenn Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carlton, Victoria, Australia : Melbourne University Publishing, 2017.
Subjects:
Literature and society > Australia > Central Australia.
Belonging (Social psychology) > Australia > Central Australia.
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Central Australia > Social life and customs.
Littérature et société > Australie > Australie centrale.
Appartenance (Psychologie sociale) > Australie > Australie centrale.
Australiens (Aborigènes) > Australie > Australie centrale > Mœurs et coutumes.
Literature.
Aboriginal Australians > Social life and customs.
Belonging (Social psychology)
Discoveries in geography.
Literature and society.
Central Australia > Discovery and exploration.
Central Australia > In literature.
Australia > Central Australia.
Australian
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Perceiving the world on a walk; 2 Walking the imagined Centre; 3 Pilgrims of the Dreaming track; 4 Planting flags for the Enlightenment; 5 Finding home; 6 Into the wild; 7 In the shade of a ghost gum; 8 A flâneur in the Outback; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

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