Caging the Rainbow: Places, Politics and Aborigines in a North Australian Town

Caging the Rainbow explores the lives of Aborigines in the small regional town of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. Francesca Merlan combines ethnography and theory to grapple with issues surrounding the debate about the authenticity of contemporary cultural activity. Throughout, the vulnera...

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Beteilige Person: Merlan, Francesca (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press [1998]
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Links:https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824861742
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824861742
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824861742
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824861742
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824861742
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824861742
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824861742
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824861742
Zusammenfassung:Caging the Rainbow explores the lives of Aborigines in the small regional town of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. Francesca Merlan combines ethnography and theory to grapple with issues surrounding the debate about the authenticity of contemporary cultural activity. Throughout, the vulnerability of Fourth World peoples to others' representations of them and the ethical problems this poses are kept in view
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ISBN:9780824861742