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Brewarrina: An Australian Story
Author(s) -
AustinBroos Diane
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1834-4461
pISSN - 0029-8077
DOI - 10.1002/ocea.5087
Subject(s) - capitalism , neoliberalism (international relations) , narrative , race (biology) , politics , state (computer science) , sociology , political economy , gender studies , political science , history , epistemology , law , philosophy , literature , art , computer science , algorithm
This short paper discusses B arry M orris's account of the ‘riot’ at B rewarrina, N ew S outh W ales, in 1987 and its legal aftermath, which continued for some years. An iconic event in A ustralian race relations, much can be learnt from its various dimensions, a fact that Morris amply demonstrates. Notwithstanding, this discussion questions a related narrative in his book, which interprets capitalism's impact on self‐determination simply in terms of neoliberalism's ‘political effects’. The paper seeks to broaden the discussion of the relations between the state and self‐determination, and between capitalism and race.