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Dedication: To Polly, with whom this book began.
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Epigraph: It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there. William Carlos Williams.
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Witnessing Australian Stories : History, Testimony and Memory in Contemporary Culture
Melbourne
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2010
6037495
2010
single work
thesis
'This book is about how Australians have responded to stories about suffering and injustice in Australia, presented in a range of public media, including literature, history, films, and television. Those who have responded are both ordinary and prominent Australians–politicians, writers, and scholars. All have sought to come to terms with Australia's history by responding empathetically to stories of its marginalized citizens.
'Drawing upon international scholarship on collective memory, public history, testimony, and witnessing, this book represents a cultural history of contemporary Australia. It examines the forms of witnessing that dominated Australian public culture at the turn of the millennium. Since the late 1980s, witnessing has developed in Australia in response to the increasingly audible voices of indigenous peoples, migrants, and more recently, asylum seekers. As these voices became public, they posed a challenge not only to scholars and politicians, but also, most importantly, to ordinary citizens.
'When former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered his historic apology to Australia's indigenous peoples in February 2008, he performed an act of collective witnessing that affirmed the testimony and experiences of Aboriginal Australians. The phenomenon of witnessing became crucial, not only to the recognition and reparation of past injustices, but to efforts to create a more cosmopolitan Australia in the present. This is a vital addition to Transactions critically acclaimed Memory and Narrative series.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Problematics of 'Home' and Place in Martin Flanagan's In Sunshine or in Shadow
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literature : Identity, Representation and Belonging 2007; (p. 178-184) -
Rich Pickings
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of In Sunshine or In Shadow 2002 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , April no. 14 2003; Journal of Australian Studies , no. 78 2003; (p. 179-181)
— Review of In Sunshine or In Shadow 2002 single work autobiography -
Not Your Average Sports Journo
2002-2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 91 2002-2003; (p. 71-72)
— Review of In Sunshine or In Shadow 2002 single work autobiography
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Not Your Average Sports Journo
2002-2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 91 2002-2003; (p. 71-72)
— Review of In Sunshine or In Shadow 2002 single work autobiography -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: JAS Review of Books , April no. 14 2003; Journal of Australian Studies , no. 78 2003; (p. 179-181)
— Review of In Sunshine or In Shadow 2002 single work autobiography -
Rich Pickings
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of In Sunshine or In Shadow 2002 single work autobiography -
Shared Silences
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 August 2002; (p. 12)
— Review of In Sunshine or In Shadow 2002 single work autobiography -
Weaving Poignant Stories into Our History
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 August 2002; (p. 8)
— Review of In Sunshine or In Shadow 2002 single work autobiography -
Launch Speech : In Sunshine or In Shadow
2002
single work
biography
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 26 2002; (p. 66-70) -
Problematics of 'Home' and Place in Martin Flanagan's In Sunshine or in Shadow
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literature : Identity, Representation and Belonging 2007; (p. 178-184) -
y
Witnessing Australian Stories : History, Testimony and Memory in Contemporary Culture
Melbourne
:
2010
6037495
2010
single work
thesis
'This book is about how Australians have responded to stories about suffering and injustice in Australia, presented in a range of public media, including literature, history, films, and television. Those who have responded are both ordinary and prominent Australians–politicians, writers, and scholars. All have sought to come to terms with Australia's history by responding empathetically to stories of its marginalized citizens.
'Drawing upon international scholarship on collective memory, public history, testimony, and witnessing, this book represents a cultural history of contemporary Australia. It examines the forms of witnessing that dominated Australian public culture at the turn of the millennium. Since the late 1980s, witnessing has developed in Australia in response to the increasingly audible voices of indigenous peoples, migrants, and more recently, asylum seekers. As these voices became public, they posed a challenge not only to scholars and politicians, but also, most importantly, to ordinary citizens.
'When former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered his historic apology to Australia's indigenous peoples in February 2008, he performed an act of collective witnessing that affirmed the testimony and experiences of Aboriginal Australians. The phenomenon of witnessing became crucial, not only to the recognition and reparation of past injustices, but to efforts to create a more cosmopolitan Australia in the present. This is a vital addition to Transactions critically acclaimed Memory and Narrative series.' (Publisher's blurb)
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