Dancing with myth, memory and mimesis.

The focus of this paper is on the mythical ‘first’ national Aboriginal debutante ball, held in Australia in 1968 in celebration of the successful referendum a year earlier. On the fortieth anniversary of the event this paper explores the memories and meanings of that time to those women who debuted...

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Main Author: Anna Cole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2009-07-01
Series:Coolabah
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Online Access:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/coolabah/article/view/15752/18865