Australias Doomed-Race Protective Myth - Impact and Aftermath

This book exposes a long and powerful influence on Australian society, economy, culture and history has been the doomed-race protective myth.

List of contents

Introduction; 1 The doomed race: myths and protective myths, history and the vagaries of the complex relationship between nostalgia and critique; the vagaries and politics of the memory factor in history; 2 Protective myths at play, the Stolen Generations, and silencing the past; 3 Terra nullius, massacres, First Nations societies, and settler nationalism's hegemony and political might; 4 Assimilation and the politics of protective myths; 5 School education, protective myths, and a "science" for the subjugating, segregating, and later assimilating First Nations societies; 6 General conclusions

About the author

Grant Rodwell is a senior lecturer (adjunct) at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has published seven books with Routledge.

Summary

This book exposes a long and powerful influence on Australian society, economy, culture and history has been the doomed-race protective myth.

Product details

• Authors: Grant Rodwell, Rodwell Grant
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032905945
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3290594-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Sociology: customs & traditions, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Colonialism & imperialism, Legal History, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Australasian & Pacific history, Colonialism and imperialism, Australasian and Pacific history, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General