Chris Healy

From the Ruins of Colonialism

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Produktbeschreibung

Throws fresh light on the history of memory, forgetting and colonialism. It considers key moments of historical imagination, and analyses the strange ensemble of elements that constitute Australian History.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9780521565769
• ISBN-10: 0521565766
• Artikelnr.: 27065369

Autorenporträt

Chris Healy teaches cultural studies at the University of Melbourne. His publications include Forgetting Aborigines (2008) and Assembling Culture (co-edited with Tony Bennett, 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: From the ruins of colonialism
Part I. In the Beginning: 1. Captain Cook and genesis: white histories of Cook
2. Captain Cook and death: black histories of Cook
Part II. Installing Memory: 3. We remember for you: the memory work of museums
4. 'History is disliked': the memory work of schooling
Part III. In the Event: 5. Battle memories: echoes of Eureka
6. Eliza Fraser and the impossibility of postcolonial history.