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Prosthetic gods

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"Prosthetic Gods is a contribution to Australian Studies informed by the recent concerns of postcolonial theory. Its main subject is the relationship between travel, representation and colonial governance, focusing on white Australia's involvement with Melanesia during the first half of the twentieth century. Its scope is interdisciplinary, dealing with the travel writing, cinema, and photography of Frank Hurley, Frank Clune, Ion L. Idriess and James McAuley in the context of colonial legislation and the policies of specific colonial administrations. While reflecting postcolonial theory's concern to connect colonialism with culture, Dixon's meticulously researched case studies reveal that colonialism is not a single or coherent project, and result in a nuanced account of how representation and rule are - or perhaps are not quite - connected."--Jacket.

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University of Queensland Press in association with the API Network
Language
English
Pages
191

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Subjects

Historiography, Travelers' writings, Australian, Popular culture, History and criticism, Colonization, Civilization, Australian National characteristics, Postcolonialism, History, National characteristics, australian, Popular culture, australia, Travelers' writings, history and criticism

Places

Australia

Times

20th century

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Table of Contents

Laboratories of modernity : modernity, tropical medicine, and the colonial body
Frank Hurley and the Ross Smith flight : modernity, aerial vision, and empire
Frank Hurley's Pearls and savages : travel, popular culture, and colonial governance
Captives and inmates : Ion L. Idriess' Torres Strait trilogy and the Aborigines Protection Acts
The Frank Clune industry : travel writing, corporate sponsorship, and colonial governance
James McAuley's New Guinea : colonialism, modernity, suburbia.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-185) and index.

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St. Lucia, Qld
Series
UQP Australian studies

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Dewey Decimal Class
994.04
Library of Congress
DU121 .D6 2001

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Pagination
x, 191 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
191

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OL3619167M
ISBN 10
070223270X
LCCN
2002392530
OCLC/WorldCat
48042325
Library Thing
351912
Goodreads
2225359

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