Australian Children’s Literature and Postcolonialism: A Review Essay

Australian Children’s Literature and Postcolonialism: A Review Essay

The theme of land and country is resonant in Australian children’s literature with Aboriginal subject matter. The textual and visual narratives present counter-discourse strategies to challenge the colonial ideology and dominant valuation of Australian landscape. This paper begins by examining the c...

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Main Author:	Daozhi Xu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2016-06-01
Series:	Ilha do Desterro
Subjects:	australian children’s literature postcolonial narratives aboriginal custodianship connectedness to country a reconciliatory space
Online Access:	https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/43247

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