Dynamics of Difference in Australia: Indigenous Past and Present in a Settler Country - Couverture rigide

Merlan, Francesca

 
9780812250008: Dynamics of Difference in Australia: Indigenous Past and Present in a Settler Country
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0812250001 ISBN 13 : 9780812250008
Editeur : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018

Synopsis

In Dynamics of Difference in Australia, Francesca Merlan examines relations between indigenous and nonindigenous people from the events of early exploration and colonial endeavors to the present day. From face-to-face interactions to national and geopolitical affairs, the book illuminates the dimensions of difference that are revealed by these encounters: what indigenous and nonindigenous people pay attention to, what they value, what preconceived notions each possesses, and what their responses are to the Other. Basing her analysis on her extensive fieldwork in northern Australia, Merlan highlights the asymmetries in the exchanges between the settler majority and the indigenous minority, looking at everything from forms of violence and material transactions, to indigenous involvement in resource development, to governmental intervention in indigenous affairs.

Merlan frames the book within the current debate in Australian society concerning the constitutional recognition of indigenous people by the nation-state. Surveying the precursors to this question and its continuing and unresolved nature, she chronicles the ways in which an indigenous minority can remain culturally different while simultaneously experiencing the transformative forces of domination, constraint, and inequality. Conducting an investigation of long-term change against the backdrop of a highly salient and timely public debate surrounding indigenous issues, Dynamics of Difference has far-reaching implications both for public policy and for current theoretical debates about the nature of sociocultural continuity and change.

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À propos de l'auteur

Francesca Merlan is Professor of Anthropology at Australian National University. She is author of numerous books, including Caging the Rainbow: Places, Politics, and Aborigines in a North Australian Town.

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Éditeur
University of Pennsylvania Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0812250001
ISBN 13 
9780812250008
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
320
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