White vanishing : rethinking Australia's lost-in-the-bush myth /
Tilley, Elspeth.
White vanishing : rethinking Australia's lost-in-the-bush myth / Rethinking Australia's lost-in-the-bush myth Elspeth Tilley. - Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2012. - 1 online resource (x, 381 pages) - Cross/Cultures - Readings in the Post/Colonial Literatures in English ; 152 . - Cross/cultures ; 152. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-357) and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Lost-Child Trope in White Australian Narrative -- Black Displacements: The Semiosis of Indigeneity in the White-Vanishing Trope -- White Presencing: Contamination Politics and the Policing of White Subjectivities in the White-Vanishing Trope -- Temporal Trouble: Sequential Disturbance, Ambivalence, and Inscription of Linear Time in the White-Vanishing Trope -- Entering terra nullius: The White-Vanishing Trope and the Contest for Australian Space -- White Vanishing in situ: The Semiosis of Replacement in Five Australian White-Vanishing Texts -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index.
"The story of the vulnerable white person vanishing without trace into the harsh Australian landscape is a potent and compelling element in multiple genres of mainstream Australian culture"--Provided by publisher.
English.
9789401208703 9401208700 9781283868686 1283868687 9789042035959 9042035951
418118 MIL
Australian literature--History and criticism.
Motion pictures--History and criticism.--Australia
Missing children in literature.
Missing children in art.
Missing persons--Australia.
Discourse analysis, Narrative--Australia.
Littérature australienne--Histoire et critique.
Cinéma--Histoire et critique.--Australie
Personnes disparues--Australie.
Discours narratif--Australie.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Australian literature
Civilization
Discourse analysis, Narrative
Manners and customs
Missing children in art
Missing children in literature
Missing persons
Motion pictures
Australia--Social life and customs.
Australia--Civilization.
Australie--Mœurs et coutumes.
Australie--Civilisation.
Australia
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BL304 / .W384 2012eb
201.3
White vanishing : rethinking Australia's lost-in-the-bush myth / Rethinking Australia's lost-in-the-bush myth Elspeth Tilley. - Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2012. - 1 online resource (x, 381 pages) - Cross/Cultures - Readings in the Post/Colonial Literatures in English ; 152 . - Cross/cultures ; 152. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-357) and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Lost-Child Trope in White Australian Narrative -- Black Displacements: The Semiosis of Indigeneity in the White-Vanishing Trope -- White Presencing: Contamination Politics and the Policing of White Subjectivities in the White-Vanishing Trope -- Temporal Trouble: Sequential Disturbance, Ambivalence, and Inscription of Linear Time in the White-Vanishing Trope -- Entering terra nullius: The White-Vanishing Trope and the Contest for Australian Space -- White Vanishing in situ: The Semiosis of Replacement in Five Australian White-Vanishing Texts -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index.
"The story of the vulnerable white person vanishing without trace into the harsh Australian landscape is a potent and compelling element in multiple genres of mainstream Australian culture"--Provided by publisher.
English.
9789401208703 9401208700 9781283868686 1283868687 9789042035959 9042035951
418118 MIL
Australian literature--History and criticism.
Motion pictures--History and criticism.--Australia
Missing children in literature.
Missing children in art.
Missing persons--Australia.
Discourse analysis, Narrative--Australia.
Littérature australienne--Histoire et critique.
Cinéma--Histoire et critique.--Australie
Personnes disparues--Australie.
Discours narratif--Australie.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Australian literature
Civilization
Discourse analysis, Narrative
Manners and customs
Missing children in art
Missing children in literature
Missing persons
Motion pictures
Australia--Social life and customs.
Australia--Civilization.
Australie--Mœurs et coutumes.
Australie--Civilisation.
Australia
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BL304 / .W384 2012eb
201.3