1st Edition
Witnessing Australian Stories History, Testimony, and Memory in Contemporary Culture
By Kelly Jean Butler
Copyright 2013
301 Pages
by
Routledge
302 Pages
by
Routledge
301 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is about how Australians have responded to stories about suffering and injustice in Australia, presented in a range of public media, including literature, history, films, and television. Those who have responded are both ordinary and prominent Australians politicians, writers, and scholars. All have sought to come to terms with Australia's history by responding empathetically to stories... Read more
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Public Histories, Personal Stories
1.Witnessing the Stolen Generations
2."This Is How I'm Sorry": Creative Witnessing in Contemporary Australian Historical Fictions
3.Frontiers of Witnessing: History after Testimony
4.Witnessing UnAustralia: Asylum-Seeker Advocacy and the National Good
5."Do You Want the Truth or What I Said?": False Witnessing and the Culture of Denial
6.Witnessing (Dis)possession: Victims, Battlers, and "Ordinary" Australians
Conclusion: Witnessing Australian Stories
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Butler, Kelly Jean
