Prosthetic gods : travel, representation, and colonial governance / Robert Dixon.
Prosthetic gods : travel, representation, and colonial governance / Robert Dixon.
Prosthetic gods : travel, representation, and colonial governance / Robert Dixon.
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St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press in association with the API Network, 2001.
Date
2001.
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820.9003/15
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English
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x, 191 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Laboratories of Modernity: Modernity, tropical medicine and the colonial body -- Ch. 2. Frank Hurley and the Ross Smith Flight: Modernity, aerial vision and empire -- Ch. 3. Frank Hurley's Pearls and Savages: Travel, popular culture and colonial governance -- Ch. 4. Captives and Inmates: Ion...
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Publisher
St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press in association with the API Network, 2001.
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2001.
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"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...
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Prosthetic gods : travel, representation, and colonial governance / Robert Dixon.
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UQP Australian studies.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-185) and index.
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820.9003/15
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74Vvk0v72xRb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvk0v72xRb
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070223270X (pbk)
070223270X
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994.04
A820.9003
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991014007159702626
