Prosthetic gods
travel, representation, and colonial governance
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Publication
2001 - University of Queensland Press in association with the API Network, St. Lucia, Qld
Language
English
Word Count
47,750 words, Guess
Page Count
191 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3619167M
- ISBN-10070223270X
- OCLC Control Number48042325
- Library of Congress Control Number2002392530
- LibraryThing351912
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- Goodreads2225359
Classifications
- DDC994.04
- LCCDU121 .D6 2001
Description
"Prosthetic Gods is a contribution to Australian Studies informed by the recent concerns of postcolonial theory. Its main subject is the relationship between travel, representation and colonial governance, focusing on white Australia's involvement with Melanesia during the first half of the twentieth century. Its scope is interdisciplinary, dealing with the travel writing, cinema, and photography of Frank Hurley, Frank Clune, Ion L. Idriess and James McAuley in the context of colonial legislation and the policies of specific colonial administrations. While reflecting postcolonial theory's concern to connect colonialism with culture, Dixon's meticulously researched case studies reveal that colonialism is not a single or coherent project, and result in a nuanced account of how representation and rule are - or perhaps are not quite - connected."--Jacket.
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- UQP Australian studies
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