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Uncanny Australia : Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation
Uncanny Australia Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation
Author: Jane Jacobs, Ken Gelder
In Uncanny Australia Gelder and Jacobs show how Aboriginal claims for sacredness radiate out to affect the modern nation. They look at Coronation Hill, Hindmarsh Island, Uluru and the repatriation of sacred objects; they examine secret business in public places, promiscuous sacred sites, ghosts and bunyips, cartographic nostalgia, reconciliatio...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780522848168
ISBN-10: 0522848168
Publication Date: 6/1/1998
Pages: 184
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Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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