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Postcolonialism and Language Use in Australian Children's Literature : A Case Study of The Children of Mirrabooka single work   criticism  
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Postcolonialism and Language Use in Australian Children's Literature : A Case Study of The Children of Mirrabooka
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Monica Jarman draws on both postcolonial criticism and systemic functional linguistics to argue that 'The Children of Mirrabooka is a [...]direct example of a general tendency in other postcolonial era Australian children's literature to elide contemporary Aborigines and their culture' from the foreground of the work.

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    y separately published work icon Something to Crow About : New Perspectives in Literature for Young People Australasian Children's Literature Association for Research (ACLAR) Conference. (2nd , 1998 , Wagga Wagga) Sue Clancy (editor), David Gilbey (editor), Wagga Wagga : Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University , 1999 Z951856 1999 anthology criticism 'A collection of refereed papers from the 1998 ACLAR Conference, held at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga.' Wagga Wagga : Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University , 1999 pg. 51-60
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Subjects:
  • 1880s
  • 1990s
  • 1890s
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