Performing place, practising memories Aboriginal Australians, hippies and the state

During the 1970s a wave of 'counter-culture' people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number...

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Main Author: Henry, Rosita
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: New York Berghahn Books 2012
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition:1
Series:Space and place
Subjects:
1MBF
20th century
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Kuranda (Qld.) > Ethnic identity
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Kuranda (Qld.) > Government relations
Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Kuranda (Qld.) > Social conditions
Aboriginal Australians in popular culture
Aboriginal Australians in popular culture > History > 20th century
Anthropology
Anthropology (General)
Australia
Australians
Collective memory
Counterculture
Counterculture > Australia > Kuranda (Qld.) > History > 20th century
Cultural
Ethnic identity
Ethnicity
Government relations
History
Indigenous populations
JFSL9
JHMC
Kuranda (Qld.)
Kuranda (Qld.) > History
Kuranda (Qld.) > Race relations
Kuranda (Qld.) > Social life and customs
Performance Studies
Performing Arts
Place
Race relations
Social conditions
Social life and customs
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Sociology
State
White people
Whites
Whites > Australia > Kuranda (Qld.) > Social conditions
Anthropology (General)
Performance Studies
ISBN:0857455095, 9780857455093, 9780857455086, 0857455087
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Table of Contents:
  • Performing place, practising memories : Aboriginal Australians, hippies and the state -- Contents -- Figures and Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introducing Place: Fieldwork and Framework -- Chapter 1. Colonising Place: The Mutilation of Memory -- Chapter 2. Countering Place: Hippies, Hairies and "Enacted Utopia" -- Chapter 3. Performing Place: Amphitheatre Dreams -- Chapter 4. Commodifying Place: The Metamorphosis of the Markets -- Chapter 5. Planning Place: Main Street Blues -- Chapter 6. Dancing Place: Cultural Renaissance and Tjapukai Theatre -- Chapter 7. Protesting Place: Environmentalists, Aboriginal People and the Skyrail -- Chapter 8. Creating Place: The Production of a Space for Difference -- References -- Index.
  • Front Matter Table of Contents List of Figures and Maps PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introducing Place: Chapter 1: Colonising Place: Chapter 2: Countering Place: Chapter 3: Performing Place: Chapter 4: Commodifying Place: Chapter 5: Planning Place: Chapter 6: Dancing Place: Chapter 7: Protesting Place: Chapter 8: Creating Place: REFERENCES INDEX
  • Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introducing Place: Fieldwork and Framework -- Chapter 1 - Colonising Place: The Mutilation of Memory -- Chapter 2 - Countering Place: Hippies, Hairies and 'Enacted Utopia' -- Chapter 3 - Performing Place: Amphitheatre Dreams -- Chapter 4 - Commodifying Place: The Metamorphosis of the Markets -- Chapter 5 - Planning Place: Main Street Blues -- Chapter 6 - Dancing Place: Cultural Renaissance and Tjapukai Theatre -- Chapter 7 - Protesting Place: Environmentalists, Aboriginal People and the Skyrail -- Chapter 8 - Creating Place: The Production of a Space for Difference -- References -- Index
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
  • Chapter 8. Creating Place: The Production of a Space for Difference --
  • Chapter 6. Dancing Place: Cultural Renaissance and Tjapukai Theatre --
  • Chapter 7. Protesting Place: Environmentalists, Aboriginal People and the Skyrail --
  • CONTENTS --
  • Introducing Place. Fieldwork and Framework --
  • Chapter 5. Planning Place: Main Street Blues --
  • Chapter 2. Countering Place: Hippies, Hairies and ‘Enacted Utopia’ --
  • Chapter 4. Commodifying Place: The Metamorphosis of the Markets --
  • REFERENCES --
  • Frontmatter --
  • FIGURES AND MAPS --
  • Chapter 1. Colonising Place: The Mutilation of Memory --
  • INDEX
  • Chapter 3 Performing Place: Amphitheater Dramas --
  • PREFACE --