Australia: Notes On The Postmodernity Of Fake(?) Aboriginal Literature

Australia: Notes On The Postmodernity Of Fake(?) Aboriginal Literature   Patrick Brantlinger, 2011   This article examines issues of authenticity in Australian culture. From the very beginning, Australia has been plagued and entertained by literary hoaxes. The recent revelation that Mudrooroo, who was for several decades Australia's leading Aboriginal author, is of African-white and not Aboriginal descent is an extreme yet typical example of the difficulties faced by many authors and...

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