Title: Cross-cultural analysis of the writings of Thomas King and Colin Johnson (Mudrooroo) /
Authors: Archer-Lean, Clare.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: King, Thomas, Criticism and interpretation.; Mudrooroo, Criticism and interpretation.; Indigenous peoples in literature.; Comparative literature Canadian and Australian.; Comparative literature Australian and Canadian.; Aboriginal Australians in literature.; Indians in literature; Postcolonialism in literature.; Difference (Psychology) in literature.
Contents: Introduction -- representation and identity -- Ch. 1. Reading strategies -- Ch. 2. 'Getting it straight' : deconstructing colonial texts -- Ch. 3. Gothicism and Christianity : different uses of satire and incorporation -- Ch. 4. Re-inscribing loss : 'an Indian in the twentieth century'? -- Ch. 5. Trickster's role -- Ch. 6. 'Rethinking tactics' : reinterpreting place.