Australian Society, Aboriginal Voices

Course aim

To introduce students to contemporary Aboriginal writing, performance and cinema, and to examine texts within the discourses of Australian history, literature and historiography.

Course content

The significance of Aboriginal writing as an emergent genre over the last twenty years; Aboriginal representations of Australian society and race relations this century; non-Indigenous representations of Aboriginal people in the history of Australian literature; Aboriginal texts as literature, history, and historiography; postcolonial theory and interpretation; Aboriginal cinema and performance and its relation to the emergence of Aboriginal writing and specific cultures; oral histories and questions of transcription and translation; publishing contexts, audiences and autonomy; questions of cross-cultural understanding and Reconciliation.

Textbook(s)

Heiss, A 2003, Dhuula-yula = to talk straight: publishing Indigenous literature, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Seminar	1 hour x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External (Learnonline site)	N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Presentation, Review

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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