Mudrooroo: A Likely Story
Identity and Belonging in Postcolonial Australia
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ISBN-13:
9789052013565
Veröffentl:
2007
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
14.08.2007
Seiten:
268
Autor:
Maureen Clark
Gewicht:
373 g
Format:
220x150x15 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Mudrooroo: A Likely Story reads the fiction of one of Australiäs most controversial and enigmatic literary figures against the backdrop of the likelihood that he assumed an Aboriginal identity to which he was not entitled. As he is neither black nor white, Colin Johnson (a.k.a. Mudrooroo) writes on issues of identity and belonging from the position of an outsider. The book argues that the experimental nature of Johnson¿s creative body of work coupled with the complexities of his ¿in-between¿ status, mean that both the man and his writing evade neat categorisation within mainstream literary criticism. Also examined here is how the denial of his white mother impacts upon the gender politics of Johnson¿s fiction in a way that opens up exciting new possibilities for critical comment and textual analysis.
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Contents: An important new perspective on the debate over Johnson¿s identity linked to the analysis of his fiction ¿ The complexities of identity formation tied to notions of belonging within the constraints of Australiäs racial boundaries and power relations ¿ Issues of `in/authenticity¿ and the future place of the author¿s creative body of work in Australian literature ¿ The complex notion of `passing¿ within the trans-cultural coded exegesis of racial classification in Australia ¿ The textual appropriation of the Indigenous female body as a stage for masculinist (colonial) discourses.
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