White Aborigines: Identity Politics in Australian Art
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This book investigates how identities have been constructed in Australian art from 1788 onwards. Ian McLean shows that Australian art, and the writing of its history, has, since settlement, been in a dialogue (although often submerged) with Aboriginal art and culture; and that this dialogue is inextricably interwoven with the struggle to find an identity in the antipodes. Beginning with a discussion of how Australia was imagined by Europeans before colonisation, McLean traces the representation of indigeneity through the history of Australian art, and the concomitant invention of an Australian subjectivity. He argues that the colonising culture invested far more in indigenous aspects of the country and its inhabitants than it has been willing to admit. McLean considers artists and their work within a cultural context, and also provides a contemporary theoretical and critical context for his claims.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521120675
ISBN13:9780521120678
Release Date:October 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.71 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Art Arts, Music & Photography Australian Ethnic & National History & Criticism PaintingCustomer Reviews
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