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1999...
vol.
6
no.
1
May
1999
of
Queensland Review
est. 1994
Queensland Review
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'Queensland Review enters its sixth year with a special issue focussing [sic] on race. While the rise of Pauline Hanson and One Nation appear to confirm Queensland's reputation as the racially divided 'Deep North' of Australia, it is from Queensland that the most far-reaching challenges to white Australia's complacent sense of itself as the product of settlement rather than invasion have come, through national debates sparked by the Mabo and Wik decisions. As part of its commitment to Reconciliation and to the dissemination of research on anti-racist theory and practice, the Queensland Studies Centre last year held a conference entitled 'Unmasking Whiteness: Race Relations and Reconciliation'. The conference provided the first national forum for whiteness research in Australia, and this issue of Queensland Review brings together a collection of articles based on papers delivered at that conference.' (Extract)
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* Contents derived from the 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Unmasking Whiteness : A Goori Jondal's Look at Some Duggai Business,
single work
essay
(p. 1-7)
'Since invasion and subsequent colonisation, Australia has a history of preferring and privileging people who have white skin. As I have remarked elsewhere:
Whiteness in its contemporary form in Australian society is culturally based. It controls institutions, which are extensions of White Australian culture and is governed by the values, beliefs and assumptions of that culture and its history. Australian culture is less White than it used to be, but Whiteness forms the centre and is commonly referred to in public discourse as the ‘mainstream’ or ‘middle ground’ (Moreton-Robinson 1998:11).' (Extract)
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Pssst ... I Wannabe White,
single work
life story
(p. 8-12)'Congratulations to the organisers of the ‘Unmasking Whiteness’ conference for their courage in putting on the first ever conference dealing specifically with Whiteness in Australia. It does indeed take courage given that whiteness is, I have found, a disturbing and perturbing topic, not only to white people but also, I believe, to people of colour.' (Extract)
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Poemsi"My heart is black as Cherbourg although my skin is fair",
single work
poetry
(p. 13-17)
'Black Heart
My heart is black as Cherbourg although my skin is fair' (Extract)
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White Blindfolds and Black Armbands: The Uses of Whiteness Theory for Reading Australian Cultural Production,
single work
criticism
(p. 42-49)'Analyses or descriptions of the history of race relations (and cultural production) in what has been called Australia for about a hundred years, have frequently been informed by two orientations that might be simply categorised as the white blindfold and the black armband positions. In many cases, these two mindsets can be observed in other Western cultures although the interaction between them, and the society around them, gets played out differently in particular places at particular times.' (Extract)
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A 10-Point Plan and a Treaty : Images of Indigenous People in the Press in Australia and Canada,
single work
essay
(p. 50-76)'The last decade ofthe twentieth century has seen some highly significant symbolic advances for Indigenous people in Australia and Canada representing golden opportunities for their respective governments to advance the reconciliation process. But the political will to capitalise on them has varied enormously. This paper focuses on two case studies drawn from Australia and Canada which look at Indigenous people's continuing struggle for land rights.' (Extract)
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Pseudo-Hyphens and Barbaric/Binaries : Anglo-Celticity and the Cultural Politics of Tolerance,
single work
criticism
(p. 77-84)'[T]he point being made is not that the discourse of enrichment places Anglo-Celtic culture in a more important position than other migrant cultures. If this was the case, it would simply be reflecting reality. More importantly, this discourse assigns to migrant cultures a different mode of existence to Anglo-Celtic culture. While Anglo-Celtic culture merely and unquestionably exists, migrant cultures exist for the latter. (Ghassan Hage)' (Extract)
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[Review] Jackie Huggins,
single work
review
— Review of Sister Girl : The Writings of Aboriginal Activist and Historian Jackie Huggins 1998 selected work prose interview essay biography ; (p. 85) -
[Review] The Mayne Inheritance,
single work
review
— Review of The Mayne Inheritance 1997 single work biography ;(p. 91-92)'Something about the millennial moment is piquing our interest in the past, more than usual it seems. Histories of cities can provide a valuable window into the people, conditions and events which have shaped the kinds of metropolis in which most of us live today. The Mayne Inheritance is one such book, set as it is, in the rough frontier town of nineteenth century Brisbane. It is a most welcome addition, to the social and political history of the city.' (Introduction)
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