Difference Identity Makes - Indigenous Cultural Capital in Australian cultural fields

Bamblett, Lawrence, Myers, Fred, Rowse, Tim
Difference Identity Makes -  Indigenous Cultural Capital in Australian cultural fields

Difference Identity Makes - Indigenous Cultural Capital in Australian cultural fields

Bamblett, Lawrence, Myers, Fred, Rowse, Tim

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Through the struggles of Indigenous Australians for recognition and self-determination it has become common sense to understand Australia as made up of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and things. But in what ways is the Indigenous/non-Indigenous distinction being used and understood? In The Difference Identity Makes, thirteen Indigenous and non-Indigenous academics examine how this distinction structures the work of cultural production and how Indigenous producers and their works are recognised and valued.

The editors introduce this innovative collection of essays with a path-finding argument that ‘Indigenous cultural capital’ now challenges all Australians to re-position themselves within a revised scale of values. Each chapter looks at one of five fields of Australian cultural production: sport, television, heritage, visual arts and music, revealing that in each the Indigenous/non-Indigenous distinction has effects that are specific.

This brings new depth and richness to our understanding of what ‘Indigeneity’ can mean in contemporary Australia. In demonstrating the variety of ways that ’the Indigenous’ is made visible and valued the essays provide a powerful alternative to the ‘deficit’ theme that has continued to haunt the representation of Indigeneity.

Author:   Bamblett, Lawrence, Myers, Fred, Rowse, Tim
Publisher:   Aboriginal Studies Press
ISBN:  

9781925302837


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 July 2019
Bind Format:   Paperback
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Through the struggles of Indigenous Australians for recognition and self-determination it has become common sense to understand Australia as made up of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and things. But in what ways is the Indigenous/non-Indigenous distinction being used and understood? In The Difference Identity Makes, thirteen Indigenous and non-Indigenous academics examine how this distinction structures the work of cultural production and how Indigenous producers and their works are recognised and valued.

The editors introduce this innovative collection of essays with a path-finding argument that ‘Indigenous cultural capital’ now challenges all Australians to re-position themselves within a revised scale of values. Each chapter looks at one of five fields of Australian cultural production: sport, television, heritage, visual arts and music, revealing that in each the Indigenous/non-Indigenous distinction has effects that are specific.

This brings new depth and richness to our understanding of what ‘Indigeneity’ can mean in contemporary Australia. In demonstrating the variety of ways that ’the Indigenous’ is made visible and valued the essays provide a powerful alternative to the ‘deficit’ theme that has continued to haunt the representation of Indigeneity.

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Author:   Bamblett, Lawrence, Myers, Fred, Rowse, Tim
Publisher:   Aboriginal Studies Press
ISBN:  

9781925302837


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 July 2019
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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