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Minding Your 'Ps and Qs' : Poetry, Propaganda, Politics and Pictures
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August vol. 12 no. 2 2002; (p. 38-49) Halliday critiques two picture books, The Last of His Tribe (Henry Kendall )and The Drover's Boy (Ted Egan & Robert Ingpen) by asking who speaks, who is silenced and what constructions are used to reinforce this silence in texts which purport to represent Aboriginal people and their experiences. Halliday argues that these texts (like many others), say more about the construction of white identity than they do about Aboriginality and that they reinforce an ideologiocal position that is fundamentally racist (p.38). This occurs through the representation of Aboriganal people as '...a race whom history has passed by' and Halliday asks the question, are these texts are an attempt to reconcile [white] feelings of shame and sorrow or are they blatant propganda?(pp.38, 47) She concludes her analysis by arguing that while these texts may introduce the child reader to some of the untold stories and lost histories of Aboriginal people, essentially they reinforce 'a dominant white hegemony as the desired norm for Australian society' (p.47). -
Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 42 no. 1 1998; (p. 11-12)
— Review of The Drover's Boy 1997 single work picture book poetry -
Charlemagne, Drovers and an Old War
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 6 no. 1 1998; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Tagged 1997 single work picture book ; The Greatest Treasure of Charlemagne the King 1997 single work picture book ; The Drover's Boy 1997 single work picture book poetry -
Untitled
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 12 no. 5 1997; (p. 19)
— Review of The Drover's Boy 1997 single work picture book poetry -
Refrains
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 197 1997-1998; (p. 64-65)
— Review of The Greatest Treasure of Charlemagne the King 1997 single work picture book ; Tagged 1997 single work picture book ; The Pied Piper of Hamelin 1997 single work picture book ; The Drover's Boy 1997 single work picture book poetry
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Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 42 no. 1 1998; (p. 11-12)
— Review of The Drover's Boy 1997 single work picture book poetry -
Untitled
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 12 no. 5 1997; (p. 19)
— Review of The Drover's Boy 1997 single work picture book poetry -
Charlemagne, Drovers and an Old War
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 6 no. 1 1998; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Tagged 1997 single work picture book ; The Greatest Treasure of Charlemagne the King 1997 single work picture book ; The Drover's Boy 1997 single work picture book poetry -
Refrains
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 197 1997-1998; (p. 64-65)
— Review of The Greatest Treasure of Charlemagne the King 1997 single work picture book ; Tagged 1997 single work picture book ; The Pied Piper of Hamelin 1997 single work picture book ; The Drover's Boy 1997 single work picture book poetry -
Minding Your 'Ps and Qs' : Poetry, Propaganda, Politics and Pictures
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , August vol. 12 no. 2 2002; (p. 38-49) Halliday critiques two picture books, The Last of His Tribe (Henry Kendall )and The Drover's Boy (Ted Egan & Robert Ingpen) by asking who speaks, who is silenced and what constructions are used to reinforce this silence in texts which purport to represent Aboriginal people and their experiences. Halliday argues that these texts (like many others), say more about the construction of white identity than they do about Aboriginality and that they reinforce an ideologiocal position that is fundamentally racist (p.38). This occurs through the representation of Aboriganal people as '...a race whom history has passed by' and Halliday asks the question, are these texts are an attempt to reconcile [white] feelings of shame and sorrow or are they blatant propganda?(pp.38, 47) She concludes her analysis by arguing that while these texts may introduce the child reader to some of the untold stories and lost histories of Aboriginal people, essentially they reinforce 'a dominant white hegemony as the desired norm for Australian society' (p.47).
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