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Title

Re-reading representations of indigenality in Australian children's literature: a history

Author/Creator

Collins-Gearing, Brooke

Institution

The University of Newcastle. Academic and Global Relations Division, The Wollotuka Institute

Description

Australian children's literature has a history of excluding Indigenous child readers and positioning non-Indigenous readers as the subject. Rather than portray such literature, particularly before the 1950s, as simply racist or stereotypical, I argue that it is important for teachers, of all students, to help readers understand how nationalist or white Australian myths were constructed on Indigenous land and knowledges.

Relation

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education Vol. 35, Issue 0, p. 61-67

Relation

http://www.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/index.html?page=56863&pid=33821

Date

2006

Publisher

University of Queensland, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit

Keyword(s)

children's literature;  Australia;  Indigenous Australians;  stereotypes

Resource Type

journal article

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/927752

Identifier

ISSN:1326-0111

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