| Description |
xvi, 320 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Her Story/History: The Many Fates of Eliza Fraser -- 2. Eliza Fraser's Story: Texts and Contexts -- 3. John Curtis and the Politics of Empire -- 4. Policing the Borders of Civilisation: Colonial Man and His Others -- 5. Cannibals: Western Imaginings of the Aboriginal Other -- 6. Modern Reconstructions: Michael Alexander's History and Sidney Nolan's Paintings -- 7. Patrick White's Novel, A Fringe of Leaves -- 8. A Universal Post-colonial Myth? Representations beyond Australia -- 9. And Now for the Movie: Popular Accounts -- 10. Oppositional Voices: Contemporary Politics and the Eliza Fraser Story |
| Summary |
Eliza Fraser was an English woman shipwrecked on the Australian coast in 1836, where she lived with an Aboriginal community until her rescue. The story of a 'civilised' white female being taken captive by 'savage' black men was both fascinating and repulsive. Images and narratives surrounding this notorious episode have proliferated from the 1830s to the present. Kay Schaffer looks at the various literary and artistic manifestations of Eliza Fraser as a fictional presence in Australian culture. Schaffer looks at the contemporary narratives, and at more recent representations of Mrs Fraser in film, in the art of Sidney Nolan and the writing of Patrick White. The book uses these texts to examine historical discourses of colonialism, race, gender and nation. This accessible and stimulating book promises to make an impressive contribution to women's studies, cultural studies and Australian history |
| Analysis |
English literature |
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Aborigines |
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Australian literature |
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Eliza Fraser |
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History, 1801-1900 |
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Literary criticism |
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Women |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-304) and index |
| Subject |
Fraser, Eliza. -- Portraits.
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Fraser, Eliza -- Art.
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| SUBJECT |
Women & literature http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42026678 -- Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167
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| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians in literature.
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Aboriginal Australians -- First contact with Europeans
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Australian literature -- History and criticism.
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First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners -- Australia.
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First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners.
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Literature and history -- Australia -- History.
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Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.
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Race in literature.
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Women and literature -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592 -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
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| Genre/Form |
Portraits.
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Art.
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| LC no. |
95017890 |
| ISBN |
0521495776 |
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0521499208 |
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