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* Contents derived from the 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Irruptions of the Dreamings in Post‐Colonial Australia,
single work
criticism
(p. 1-32)
'This essay is written round four ‘funny stories’ from Northern Australia. Metamorphosis instigated by a Dreaming is central to all four stories and this is why the stories are counted as ‘funny,’ and received with glee. The analysis illuminates a topic that has been attracting attention in recent contributions to Aboriginal ethnography: how Dreamings irrupt into contemporary histories and act in ways that have political significance, contesting whitefella paradigms and re‐asserting the world‐view of the original Australians.' (Publication abstract)
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