Aboriginal art and Australian society : hope and disenchantment / Laura Fisher.
Aboriginal art and Australian society : hope and disenchantment / Laura Fisher.
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Publisher
London ; New York : Anthem Press, [2016]
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H 2018/1552
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 243 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I: Governance, nationhood and civil society -- New intercultural relationships in the post-assimilation era -- Aboriginal people mobilising Aboriginal art -- Understanding Aboriginal art subsidy -- The state mobilising Aboriginal art -- 'Aboriginal culture' at the nexus of justice, recognition...
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Publisher
London ; New York : Anthem Press, [2016]
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
"'Hope and Disenchantment' is an investigation of the way the Aboriginal art phenomenon has been entangled with Australian society's negotiation of Indigenous people's status within the nation over the last century. Through critical reflection on Aboriginal art's idiosyncrasies as a fine arts movement, its vexed relationship with money, and its med...
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Aboriginal art and Australian society : hope and disenchantment / Laura Fisher.
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Anthem studies in Australian literature and culture
Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of New South Wales, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2016
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H 2018/1552
Record Identifier
74VKVoPRE5Al
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVoPRE5Al
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ISBN
9781783085316
DDC
701.03
MMS ID
991024165015402626