
Dynamics of Difference in Australia
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Merlan frames the book within the current debate in Australian society concerning the constitutional recognition of indigenous people by the nation-state. Surveying the precursors to this question and its continuing and unresolved nature, she chronicles the ways in which an indigenous minority can remain culturally different while simultaneously experiencing the transformative forces of domination, constraint, and inequality. Conducting an investigation of long-term change against the backdrop of a highly salient and timely public debate surrounding indigenous issues, Dynamics of Difference has far-reaching implications both for public policy and for current theoretical debates about the nature of sociocultural continuity and change.
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"This is an exceptionally rich book . . . [c]overing so many themes with exciting new insights, framings and ideas, it will be essential reading for historians working in Aboriginal and settler colonial history and a major contribution to our understanding of Australia's history of Indigenous-non-Indigenous relations." (Australian Historical Studies) "This book reveals with analytical clarity the underside of Australian politics in relation to indigenous peoples-the denials, self-delusions, sleights of hand, and inevitable misdeeds of the empowered majority. Francesca Merlan achieves this not so much through the flagging language of postcolonial critique but rather through the demonstration of consistencies across different times and places and on local and national levels. The cumulative evidence is compelling." (Diane Austin-Broos, University of Sydney) "Dynamics of Difference in Australia is a remarkable and insightful book. Its engaging central theme, the possibility of mutual recognition between indigenous and nonindigenous Australians, is not only topical but also addresses concerns of long standing." (Victoria Burbank, University of Western Australia)More details
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Introduction: Persistent Difference
Chapter 1. Nobodies and Relatives: Nonrecognition and Identification in Social Process
Chapter 2. Imitation as Relationality in Early Australian Encounters
Chapter 3. Mediations
Chapter 4. Treachery and Boundary Demarcation
Chapter 5. Cruelty and a Different Recognition
Chapter 6. Race, Recognition, State, and Society
Chapter 7. The Postcolony: Sacred Sites and Saddles
Chapter 8. Recognition: A Space of Difference?
Notes
References
Index
Acknowledgments
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