Caging the Rainbow: Places, Politics and Aborigines in a North Australian Town

Caging the Rainbow explores the lives of Aborigines in the small regional town of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. Francesca Merlan combines ethnography and theory to grapple with issues surrounding the debate about the authenticity of contemporary cultural activity. Throughout, the vulnera...

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Main Author: Merlan, Francesca (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press [1998]
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Summary:Caging the Rainbow explores the lives of Aborigines in the small regional town of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. Francesca Merlan combines ethnography and theory to grapple with issues surrounding the debate about the authenticity of contemporary cultural activity. Throughout, the vulnerability of Fourth World peoples to others' representations of them and the ethical problems this poses are kept in view
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages)
ISBN:9780824861742
DOI:10.1515/9780824861742

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