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Historical representation and the postcolonial imaginary : constructing travellers and aborigines / by John Harnett.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Harnett, John.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)--History.
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people).
Aboriginal Australians--History.
Aboriginal Australians.
Oral tradition--Ireland.
Oral tradition.
Oral tradition--Australia.
Marginality, Social--Ireland.
Marginality, Social.
Marginality, Social--Australia.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (84 p.)
Place of Publication:
Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Historical Representation and the Postcolonial Imaginary: Constructing Travellers and Aborigines endeavours to provide an overview of the role which oral history plays in the documentation, representation and subsequent empowerment of neglected and long-marginalised social groups, in this case: the cultural minorities that are the Irish Travellers and the Australian Aborigines. Oral history has proved paramount in enabling such groups to document their pasts, pasts which until recently had be...
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; REFERENCES
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
ISBN:
1-283-14255-4
9786613142559
1-4438-2808-4
OCLC:
821178966

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