TY - BOOK AU - Tilley,Elspeth TI - White vanishing: rethinking Australia's lost-in-the-bush myth T2 - Cross/Cultures - Readings in the Post/Colonial Literatures in English SN - 9789401208703 AV - BL304 .W384 2012eb U1 - 201.3 PY - 2012/// CY - Amsterdam, New York, NY PB - Rodopi KW - Australian literature KW - History and criticism KW - Motion pictures KW - Australia KW - Missing children in literature KW - Missing children in art KW - Missing persons KW - Discourse analysis, Narrative KW - Littérature australienne KW - Histoire et critique KW - Cinéma KW - Australie KW - Personnes disparues KW - Discours narratif KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT KW - Gaia & Earth Energies KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Christianity KW - General KW - fast KW - Civilization KW - Manners and customs KW - Social life and customs KW - Mœurs et coutumes KW - Civilisation KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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 N2 - "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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=519788 ER -