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Performing Australia's black and white history: acts of danger in four Australian plays of the early 21 century

Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in English in the Division of Humanities, Dept. of English, 2006. / Thesis (MA)--Macquarie University (Division of Humanities, Department of English), 2006. / Bibliography: p. 199-210. / Introduction -- Defiance and servility in Andrew Bovell's Holy day -- Writing a reconciled nation: Katherine Thomson's Wonderlands -- Transformation of trauma: Tammy Anderson's I don't wanna play house -- The rage inside the pain: Richard J. Frankland's Conversations with the dead -- Conclusion: towards an understanding of witness to the trauma of invasion. / In an Australia shaped by neo-conservative government and by searing contention, national and global, over what the past is, how it should be allowed to affect the present and who are authentic bearers of witness, this thesis compares testimony to Australia's black/white relations in two plays by white writers, Andrew Bovell's 'Holy day' (2001) and Katherne Thomson's 'Wonderlands' (2003), and two black writers, Tammy Anderson's 'I don't wanna play house' (2001) and Richard J. Frankland's 'Conversations witht the dead' (2002). / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / 210 p. ill. 30 cm

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/285269
Date January 2006
CreatorsLyssa, Alison
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
RightsCopyright Alison Lyssa 2006., Copyright disclaimer: http://www.copyright.mq.edu.au

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