HEALING, CATHARSIS AND RECONCILIATION: WATER AS METAPHOR IN GHOST RIVER

This article explores the possibility of intercultural catharsis through literature, metaphorical connections and representations of place in Tony Birch’s Ghost River (2015). Water, rain and essentially the river, symbolise the building of a nation and the repair of Indigenous and non-Indigenous rac...

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Main Author: Adelle Sefton-Rowston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Udine 2016-11-01
Series:Le Simplegadi
Online Access:https://le-simplegadi.it/article/view/1188