Constructions of colonialism : perspectives on Eliza Fraser's shipwreck /: perspectives on Eliza Fraser's shipwreck. (1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ian J. McNiven, Lynette Russell, and Kay Schaffer.
• Other Names: McNiven, Ian J; Russell, Lynette; Schaffer, Kay, 1945-
• Contents: Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Historical Representations; 1 Eliza Fraser: an historical record; 2 K''gari, Mrs Fraser and Butchulla oral tradition; 3 Shipwreck saga as archaeological text: reconstructing Fraser Island''s Aboriginal past; 4 ''Mere trifles and faint representations'': the representations of savage life offered by Eliza Fraser; 5 ''Our fair narrator'' down-under: Mrs Fraser''s body and the preservation of the Empire; Part 2 Modern Representations; 6 ''We are like Eliza'': twentieth-century Australian responses to the Eliza Fraser saga. 7 Home ground and foreign territory: the works of Fiona Foley and Sidney Nolan8 No woman is an island: the Eliza Fraser variations; 9 From Eliza to Elisabeth: Andre Brink''s version of the Eliza Fraser story; 10 ''Fears of primitive otherness'': ''race'' in Michael Ondaatje''s the man with seven toes; 11 Barbara''s Eliza; Eliza Surviva; 12 A blast from the past; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Leicester University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 192 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 994.3; Shipwrecks -- Australia -- Queensland; HISTORY; Shipwrecks; Queensland; Electronic books; Computer network resources; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1847142559; 9781847142559; 9780718501396
• Related ISBNs: 071850139X; 9780718501716; 9781847142559; 071850139X; 0718501713
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-182) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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