Native to the nation : disciplining landscapes and bodies in Australia / Allaine Cerwonka

Author: Cerwonka, Allaine
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2004]
Copyright Date: ©2004
Physical Description: xi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Series

Borderlines (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; v. 21.

Contents

Introduction : roots, dislocations, and origin stories -- A picturesque nation for a "barren" continent -- Going native -- Policing the body politic : mapping bodies and space in Fitzroy -- The poor white trash of Asia : criminality and Australia in the international landscape -- Conclusion : on the margins of nation.

Subject(s)

National characteristics, Australian
Multiculturalism—Australia
Natural landscaping—Australia
Australia—Ethnic relations
Australia—Race relations
Australia—Emigration and immigration
Australia—Politics and government

ISBN

0816643482 (hc : alk. paper)
0816643490 (pb : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-266) and index.

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