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Disconcerting ecologies : representations of non-indigenous belonging in contemporary Australian literature and cultural discourse / Emily Claire Potter. / Representations of non-indigenous belonging in contemporary Australian literature and cultural discourse

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 313-325) / [6], 325 leaves ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Specific concern is the poetic, as well as literal, significance given to the environment, and in particular to land, as a measure of belonging in Australia. Environment is explored in the context of ecologies, offered here as an alternative configuration of the nation, and in which the subject, through human and non-human environmental relations, can be culturally and spatially positioned. Argues that both environment and ecology are narrowly defined in dominant discourses that pursue an ideal, certain and authentic belonging for non-indigenous Australians. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of English, 2003

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/263183
Date January 2003
CreatorsPotter, Emily Claire
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish

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