Native to the Nation : Disciplining Landscapes and Bodies in Australia.

By: Cerwonka, AllaineMaterial type: TextTextSeries: BorderlinesPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (283 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780816695942Subject(s): Australia -- Emigration and immigration | Australia -- Ethnic relations | Australia -- Politics and government | Australia -- Race relations | Multiculturalism -- Australia | National characteristics, Australian | Natural landscaping -- AustraliaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Native to the Nation : Disciplining Landscapes and Bodies in AustraliaDDC classification: 305.8/00994 LOC classification: DU121 -- .C47 2004ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Roots, Dislocations, and Origin Stories -- 1.A Picturesque Nation for a "Barren" Continent -- 2.Going Native -- 3.Policing the Body Politic: Mapping Bodies and Space in Fitzroy -- 4.The Poor White Trash of Asia: Criminality and Australia in the International Landscape -- Conclusion: On the Margins of Nation -- Notes -- Work cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y.
Summary: Focusing on Australia, Allaine Cerwonka examines the physical and narrative spatial practices by which people reclaim territory in the wake of postcolonial claims to land by indigenous people and new immigration of "foreigners."Native to the Nation provides a multisited ethnography of two communities in Melbourne, allowing us to see how bodies are managed and nations physically constructed in everyday confrontations.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Roots, Dislocations, and Origin Stories -- 1.A Picturesque Nation for a "Barren" Continent -- 2.Going Native -- 3.Policing the Body Politic: Mapping Bodies and Space in Fitzroy -- 4.The Poor White Trash of Asia: Criminality and Australia in the International Landscape -- Conclusion: On the Margins of Nation -- Notes -- Work cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y.

Focusing on Australia, Allaine Cerwonka examines the physical and narrative spatial practices by which people reclaim territory in the wake of postcolonial claims to land by indigenous people and new immigration of "foreigners."Native to the Nation provides a multisited ethnography of two communities in Melbourne, allowing us to see how bodies are managed and nations physically constructed in everyday confrontations.

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