Legacies of violence : rendering the unspeakable past in modern Australia /
Legacies of violence : rendering the unspeakable past in modern Australia /
edited by Robert Mason.
- New York : Berghahn Books, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Rendering the legacies of the past / The politics of state-sanctioned violence in Australia : racialized constructions of nation / Part I. Hidden violence -- Uncovering the shameful : sexual violence on an Australian colonial frontier / Fighting for dignity : migrant identities in the workplaces of northern Australia / The family trust : on assimilation, migration and concealing ambivalent identities / Legacies of the Uyghur homeland and Uyghur-Australians / Part II. Intimate violence -- The Greek Civil War, child removal, and traumatic pasts in Australia / From hell to hope : postwar Jewish Holocaust survivor migration / HIV/AIDS, loss, and the Australian gay community / Part III. Sanctioned violence -- The RSL and post-World War I returned soldier violence in Australia / Service personnel : Australian experiences of interculturality and violence in British India / Race and ethnicity in sex crimes trials from 1950s Australia / The violence of exclusion : Australia's migration zone excision and the state of exception / Robert Mason -- Linda Briskman -- Libby Connors -- Robert Mason -- Ruth Longdin -- Anna Hayes -- Joy Damousi -- Suzanne Rutland -- Robert Reynolds and Shirleene Robinson -- Martin Crotty -- Richard Gehrmann -- Andy Kaladelfos and Lisa Featherstone -- Farida Fozdar.
"Whether in the form of warfare, dispossession, forced migration, or social prejudice, Australia's sense of nationhood was born from--and continues to be defined by--experiences of violence. Legacies of Violence probes this brutal legacy through case studies that range from the colonial frontier to modern domestic spaces, exploring themes of empathy, isolation, and Australians' imagined place in the world. Moving beyond the primacy that is typically accorded white accounts of violence, contributors place particular emphasis on the experiences of those perceived to be on the social periphery, repositioning them at the center of Australia's relationship to global events and debates"--Provided by publisher.
9781785334375
2016054587
Violence--History.--Australia
Violence--Australia--Case studies.
Marginality, Social--History.--Australia
Electronic Books.
HN850 / .L443 2017
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Rendering the legacies of the past / The politics of state-sanctioned violence in Australia : racialized constructions of nation / Part I. Hidden violence -- Uncovering the shameful : sexual violence on an Australian colonial frontier / Fighting for dignity : migrant identities in the workplaces of northern Australia / The family trust : on assimilation, migration and concealing ambivalent identities / Legacies of the Uyghur homeland and Uyghur-Australians / Part II. Intimate violence -- The Greek Civil War, child removal, and traumatic pasts in Australia / From hell to hope : postwar Jewish Holocaust survivor migration / HIV/AIDS, loss, and the Australian gay community / Part III. Sanctioned violence -- The RSL and post-World War I returned soldier violence in Australia / Service personnel : Australian experiences of interculturality and violence in British India / Race and ethnicity in sex crimes trials from 1950s Australia / The violence of exclusion : Australia's migration zone excision and the state of exception / Robert Mason -- Linda Briskman -- Libby Connors -- Robert Mason -- Ruth Longdin -- Anna Hayes -- Joy Damousi -- Suzanne Rutland -- Robert Reynolds and Shirleene Robinson -- Martin Crotty -- Richard Gehrmann -- Andy Kaladelfos and Lisa Featherstone -- Farida Fozdar.
"Whether in the form of warfare, dispossession, forced migration, or social prejudice, Australia's sense of nationhood was born from--and continues to be defined by--experiences of violence. Legacies of Violence probes this brutal legacy through case studies that range from the colonial frontier to modern domestic spaces, exploring themes of empathy, isolation, and Australians' imagined place in the world. Moving beyond the primacy that is typically accorded white accounts of violence, contributors place particular emphasis on the experiences of those perceived to be on the social periphery, repositioning them at the center of Australia's relationship to global events and debates"--Provided by publisher.
9781785334375
2016054587
Violence--History.--Australia
Violence--Australia--Case studies.
Marginality, Social--History.--Australia
Electronic Books.
HN850 / .L443 2017