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Tense Past - Narratives of gaps and silences
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Lehman, G, Tense Past - Narratives of gaps and silences, Artlink, 21, (2) pp. 1-2. (2001) [Review Single Work]
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Abstract
The business of Australia's history has never been so contentious. All of us are these days called
upon to negotiate our view of the past in order to obtain a position in the now. It is about identity.
About finding a place in ourselves for the sense we make of that which has made us. The selfassured
patriotism which secured the Australian population's notions of itself in the first half of
the twentieth century is crumbling. Recent decades have unravelled our ability to believe in the
nostalgic propositions which have been woven into the Australian Story.
Item Details
Item Type: | Review Single Work |
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Keywords: | Julie Gough, art exhibition |
Research Division: | Indigenous Studies |
Research Group: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, society and community |
Research Field: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sociology |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Understanding past societies |
Objective Field: | Understanding Australia's past |
UTAS Author: | Lehman, G (Professor Gregory Lehman) |
ID Code: | 145758 |
Year Published: | 2001 |
Deposited By: | Aboriginal Engagement |
Deposited On: | 2021-08-05 |
Last Modified: | 2021-08-05 |
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