Title Aliens & savages : fiction, politics and prejudice in Australia / Janeen Webb and Andrew Enstice

Published Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollins, 1998 ©1998

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Description vi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Contents Part 1. Noble or savage? -- 1. The miserablest people in the world -- 2. The culminating ape -- 3. All that is unfit -- Part 2. White or yellow? -- 4. Asian invasion -- 5. Federation and exclusion -- 6. Austral-asia? -- 3. Twoards reconciliation? -- 7. Federation and empire -- 8. Stories of a White Australia -- 9. Cultural reconciliation Summary Examines the relationship between politics and literature by discussing Australia's literary past and the representation of other cultures, particularly Aboriginal and Asian, in Australian literature Analysis Aborigines Asians Australian literature Chinese Federal issue History Immigration Literary criticism Racial discrimination Stereotypes Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography Subject Aboriginal Australians in literature. Noncitizens in literature. Asians in literature. Australian literature -- History and criticism. Politics and literature -- Australia -- History. Prejudices in literature. Race in literature. Racism in literature. Racism -- Australia -- History. Racism -- Australia. Author Enstice, Andrew, author LC no. 98217510 ISBN 0732259487

Other Titles Aliens and savages Fiction, politics and prejudice in Australia : aliens & savages

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