(Re)presented pasts : historical and contemporary constructions of Australian Aboriginalities

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(Re)presented pasts : historical and contemporary constructions of Australian Aboriginalities

Title remainder

historical and contemporary constructions of Australian Aboriginalities

Statement of responsibility

Lynette Wendy Russell

Title variation

Historical and contemporary constructions of Australian Aboriginalitites

Creator

• Russell, Lynette W

Subject

• Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity
• Aboriginal Australians -- Research
• Anthropology - Theory and criticism
• Archaeology - Theory and criticism
• Aboriginal Australians
• Race relations - Racism - Stereotyping
• Race relations - Representation
• Social identity
• Social identity - Aboriginality
• Cultural heritage - Protection - Museums and keeping places - Exhibition and display

Language

eng

Summary

Examination of the construction of "Aboriginality" in colonial and post-colonial discourse; argues that the representation of Aboriginality has been dominated by concepts of homogeneity; role of museum representation; contemporary models of Aboriginality in history writing - resistance and nationalism; history of Australian anthropology and the homogeneity of Aboriginal culture -analysis of Elkin's account and Greenways bibliography - includes analysis of the work of David Collins and various nineteenth century writers; reproduction of the homogeneity paradigm in the iconography of Walkabout magazine - use of photography - noble savage imagery; representation of religion and ritual - problem of the Dreaming, hunting and artefacts; representation in museum display -violence and primitivism themes; discussion of the University of Cambridge Anthropology and Archaeology Museum, the Vatican Museum of Ethnography, the National Museum of Victoria, Leipzig Volkerkunde; museum's as sites of subjection - indigenous reactions, critique of the Koorie exhibition the publication "Australian Aboriginal Culture" (1989), and the Dreamtime Centre, Rockhampton; analysis of contemporary expressions of Koorie identity - use of iconography including flag and neo-traditionalism; Koorie use of archaeology; representation and stereotypes; includes second volume of source and background material

Cataloging source

VU

Dewey number

305.89915

Dissertation note

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, 1995.

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illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography