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Uncanny Australia : Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation by Ken Gelder and Jane M. Jacobs (1994, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMelbourne University Publishing
ISBN-100522848168
ISBN-139780522848168
eBay Product ID (ePID)1104302
Product Key Features
Number of Pages182 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameUncanny Australia : Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation
Publication Year1994
SubjectSociology / General, Australia & Oceania, Indigenous Studies, Australia & New Zealand
TypeTextbook
AuthorKen Gelder, Jane M. Jacobs
Subject AreaTravel, Social Science, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
IllustratedYes
SynopsisAboriginal claims for sacredness in modern Australia may seem like minor events, but they have radically disturbed the nation's image of itself. Minorities appear to have too much influence; majorities suddenly feel embattled. What once seemed familiar can now seem disconcertingly unfamiliar, a condition Ken Gelder and Jane M. Jacobs diagnose as 'uncanny'. In Uncanny Australia Gelder and Jacobs show how Aboriginal claims for sacredness radiate out to affect the fortunes, and misfortunes, of the modern nation. They look at Coronation Hill, Hindmarsh Island, Uluru and the repatriation of sacred objects; they examine secret business in public places, promiscuous sacred sites, ghosts and bunyips, cartographic nostalgia, reconciliation and democracy, postcolonial racism and New Age enchantments. Uncanny Australia is a challenging and thought-provoking work that offers a new way of understanding how the Aboriginal sacred inhabits the modern nation.
LC Classification NumberGN666.G45 1998
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