AustLit
Description
Historical colonial policies and processes; the diversity and complexity of cultures and contemporary issues; the politics and history of Indigenous cultural rights and representation through: Indigenous literature and story-telling, film, art, media, language issues and Indigenous controlled communication; racism, social justice and the politics of privilege; self-determination, human rights and international obligations; the application of content to the students area of professional interest, including current policies and protocols across key communication sectors.
Supplementary Texts
Ashcroft, B., Griffiths, G. and Tiffin, H. 1998. Key Concepts in Post Colonial Studies. Routledge, London and New York.
Minter, P (Ed) 2006. Blak Times: Indigenous Australia, Meanjin New Writing In Australia, Vol. 65, No. 1.
Gale, P. 2004. The Politics of Fear, Lighting the Wik. Pearson Education Australia.
Grossman, M. (ed). 2003. Blacklines: Contemporary Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians. Melbourne University Press.
Heiss, A. 2003. Dhuuluu Yala: to Talk Straight publishing Indigenous literature. Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra.
Henderson, J and Nash, D. (eds). 2000. Language in Native Title. Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra.
Hollinsworth, D. 2006. Race and Racism in Australia. 3rd edition. Thompson Social Sciences Press, Victoria.
Huggins, J. 1998. Sister Girl, the Writings of an Aboriginal Activist and Historian. University of Queensland Press.
Langton,M. 1993. Well I Heard it on the Radio and I Saw it on the Television. Australian Film Commission.
Molner, H. and Meadows, M. 2001. Songlines to Satellites, Indigenous Communication in Australia, the South Pacific and Canada. Pluto Press, Sydney.
Other Details
Offered in:
2009
Current Campus:
Magill, External
Levels:
Undergraduate
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