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IN THE WAKE OF FIRST CONTACT
THE ELIZA FRASER STORIES |
| By: |
Kay Schaffer |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£33.00 |
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£28.88 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521499208 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521499200 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1995 |
| Pages: |
340 |
| Description: |
In this book, colonialism, race, and gender are explored through the cultural representations of an episode of Australian history. |
| Synopsis: |
Eliza Fraser was an English woman shipwrecked on the Australian coast in 1836, where she lived with an Aboriginal community until her rescue. The story of a 'civilised' white female being taken captive by 'savage' black men was both fascinating and repulsive. Images and narratives surrounding this notorious episode have proliferated from the 1830s to the present. Kay Schaffer looks at the various literary and artistic manifestations of Eliza Fraser as a fictional presence in Australian culture. Schaffer looks at the contemporary narratives, and at more recent representations of Mrs Fraser in film, in the art of Sidney Nolan, and the writing of Patrick White. The book uses these texts to examine historical discourses of colonialism, race, gender, and nation. This accessible and stimulating book promises to make an impressive contribution to women's studies, cultural studies, and Australian history. |
| Illustrations: |
19 b/w illus. 21 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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