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Travis Franks (International) assertion Travis Franks i(13356190 works by)
Born: Established: 1984 Texas,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
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Gender: Male
Visitor assertion Arrived in Australia: ca. 20 Feb 2017 Departed from Australia: ca. 20 Dec 2017
Heritage: American
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1 Settler-Aboriginal Alliance and the Threat of Foreign Invasion in Baz Luhrmann's Australia Travis Franks , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cinematic Settlers : The Settler Colonial World in Film 2020; (p. 38-49)
1 Geoff Rodoreda's The Mabo Turn in Australian Fiction Travis Franks , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 3 no. 18 2018;

— Review of The Mabo Turn in Australian Fiction Geoff Rodoreda , 2017 multi chapter work criticism

'Geoff Rodoreda earned his PhD from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, where he is now a lecturer in the English literature department. His first book, The Mabo Turn in Australian Fiction, is the result of Rodoreda’s doctoral project, with portions of some chapters having appeared in journals and anthologies published in Australia and Germany. Prior to his academic pursuits, Rodoreda worked in Adelaide and Darwin as a journalist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.'  (Introduction)

1 y separately published work icon Contemporary Settler Literature : Resources for Students and Teachers Travis Franks , St Lucia : AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource , 2017 13356230 2017 single work multimedia bibliography

'Here you will find an introduction to settler colonial theory and contemporary settler colonial literature. This exhibition is intended to survey the major and minor authors, works, and ideas involved with settler colonial writing in Australia, and, to a lesser extent, the United States, since the 1990s.

'In addition to the overview statements on this page, you can click on other tabs to see timeline of publication dates in historical context, a glossary of common terms, an annotated bibliography of primary and secondary sources, brief discussions of themes and motifs useful for student researchers and teachers interested in including settler colonialism in their curricula, and information about comparative settler colonial studies between Australia and the US.'

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