Australia: Culture And The Absurd - The Means And Meanings Of Aboriginal Identity In The Time Of Cultural Revivalism

Australia: Culture And The Absurd - The Means And Meanings Of Aboriginal Identity In The Time Of Cultural Revivalism   Gillian Cowlishaw, 2012   This essay proposes that a fundamental arbitrariness and absurdity at the heart of culture becomes visible in times of radical social change. As the Australian nation attempts to celebrate and revive Aboriginal Culture, and institutions call upon culture to remedy Aboriginal ills, Aboriginal traditions are also being held responsible for...

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