Quicksands : foundational histories in Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand /
Quicksands : foundational histories in Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand /
edited by Klaus Neumann, Nicholas Thomas, and Hilary Ericksen.
- xxii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-270) and index.
"Why has 'national identity' preoccupied so many writers and artists on both sides of the Tasman? Why have the stories of the first settler societies in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand exercised such a hold over our collective consciousness? And why is this history once again part of contemporary political and cultural debate?" "This innovative trans-Tasman collaboration explores how the founding of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand have been remembered and reimagined over more than two centuries. At the dawn of a new century, when the facts of these cultural encounters are increasingly under challenge, the writers of Quicksands argue for a new 'Australasian' consciousness and imagine new ways to negotiate the quicksands of our national histories."--BOOK JACKET.
0868406333 9780868406336
2001524276
National characteristics, New Zealand--Historiography
Postcolonialism--Historiography.--Australia
Postcolonialism--Historiography.--New Zealand
Postcolonialism
National characteristics, Australian
National characteristics, New Zealand
Australia--Race relations--Historiography.
New Zealand--Race relations--Historiography.
Australia--Colonization--Historiography.
New Zealand--Colonization--Historiography.
Australia--History
New Zealand--History.
Australia--Race relations--History
New Zealand--Race relations--History
Australia--Colonization--History.
New Zealand--Colonization--History.
DU121 / .Q53 1999 GN662 / .Q53 1999
993.02
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-270) and index.
"Why has 'national identity' preoccupied so many writers and artists on both sides of the Tasman? Why have the stories of the first settler societies in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand exercised such a hold over our collective consciousness? And why is this history once again part of contemporary political and cultural debate?" "This innovative trans-Tasman collaboration explores how the founding of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand have been remembered and reimagined over more than two centuries. At the dawn of a new century, when the facts of these cultural encounters are increasingly under challenge, the writers of Quicksands argue for a new 'Australasian' consciousness and imagine new ways to negotiate the quicksands of our national histories."--BOOK JACKET.
0868406333 9780868406336
2001524276
National characteristics, New Zealand--Historiography
Postcolonialism--Historiography.--Australia
Postcolonialism--Historiography.--New Zealand
Postcolonialism
National characteristics, Australian
National characteristics, New Zealand
Australia--Race relations--Historiography.
New Zealand--Race relations--Historiography.
Australia--Colonization--Historiography.
New Zealand--Colonization--Historiography.
Australia--History
New Zealand--History.
Australia--Race relations--History
New Zealand--Race relations--History
Australia--Colonization--History.
New Zealand--Colonization--History.
DU121 / .Q53 1999 GN662 / .Q53 1999
993.02