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Uncanny Australia

Kenneth Gelder, Jane Jacobs

Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation

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Release Date: 07/06/1994

Edition: 522nd Edition
Genre: Society & Culture
Sub-Genre: Social & Ethical Issues
Label: Melbourne University Press
Language: English
Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation
Aboriginal sacred sites and religion post-colonial history of Australia.
A challenging and thought-provoking work that offers a new way of understanding how the sacred haunts the modern through the effect of the uncanny. Gelder and Jacobs show how Aboriginal claims for sacredness radiate out to affect the fortunes and misfortunes of the modern nation.