Savage imaginings
Subtitle: historical and contemporary constructions of Australian Aboriginalities
By: Lynette Russell.
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Melbourne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity.; Aboriginal Australians -- Attitudes.; Aboriginal Australians -- Public opinion.; Aboriginal Australians in motion pictures.; Business enterprises, Aboriginal Australian.; Public opinion -- Australia.
Other titles: Historical and contemporary constructions of Australian  Aboriginalities
Description: This book explores the dominant discussions in Australian Aboriginal history. Its central tenet is that European textual representations of Aboriginal Australians have characteristically involved images and imaginings of primitivism, great antiquity and sameness. The author argues that Aboriginal-focussed museum displays, textual studies and photo-essays have reduced Aboriginal culture to a moment frozen in pre-contact time.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [115]-129.
Includes index.