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Title: UNCANNY AUSTRALIA
SACREDNESS AND IDENTITY IN A POSTCOLONIAL NATION
By: Ken Gelder, Jane M. Jacobs
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0522848168
ISBN 13: 9780522848168
Publisher: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 7 June, 1994
Edition: 522nd
Pages: 182
Description: Aboriginal sacred sites and religion post-colonial history of Australia.
Synopsis: A challenging and thought-provoking work that offers a new way of understanding how the sacred haunts the modern through the effect of the uncanny. Gelder and Jacobs show how Aboriginal claims for sacredness radiate out to affect the fortunes and misfortunes of the modern nation.
Illustrations: 2 maps
Publication: Australia
Imprint: Melbourne University Press
Returns: Non-returnable
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