Carnivalizing Reconciliation: Contemporary Australian and Canadian Literature and Film Beyond the Victim Paradigm Contributor(s): Teichler, Hanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 1800731728 ISBN-13: 9781800731721 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2021 |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Indigenous Studies - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Historical Events - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
Physical Information: (1.20 lbs) 318 pages |
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Publisher Description: Criminal justice inquiries may be the most historically dramatic means for coming to terms with traumatic legacies, but it is in the more subtle social and cultural processes of "memory work" that most individuals encounter historical reconciliation in practice. This book analyzes, within the realms of national literature and film, recent Australian and Canadian attempts to reconcile with Indigenous populations in the wake of forced child removal. As Hanna Teichler demonstrates, their systematic emphasis on the subjectivity of the victim is "carnivalesque," temporarily overturning discursive hierarchies. Such fictions of reconciliation venture beyond simplistic narratives and identities defined by victimization, offering new opportunities for confronting painful histories. |