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Uncanny Australia

Download or Read eBook Uncanny Australia PDF written by Ken Gelder and published by Melbourne University Publish. This book was released on 1998 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Uncanny Australia
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Publisher : Melbourne University Publish
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 0522848168
ISBN-13 : 9780522848168
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Book Synopsis Uncanny Australia by : Ken Gelder

Book excerpt: Aboriginal 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.


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