Open AccessChildren in Detention: Juvenile Authors Recollect Refugee Stories
Author(s) -
Sissy Helff
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
papers (victoria park)/papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1837-4530
pISSN - 1034-9243
DOI - 10.21153/pecl2007vol17no2art1197
Subject(s) - refugee , juvenile , style (visual arts) , history , cover (algebra) , children's literature , gender studies , sociology , criminology , literature , art , engineering , archaeology , mechanical engineering , genetics , biology
'Dark Dreams: Australian Refugee Stories by Young Writers aged 11-20 Years', which is considered as one of the most original literary attempts made to grapple with the overwhelming number of often untold and nameless refugee stories in Australia, is discussed. Two short texts which cover the war and migration zones of Vietnam and Afghanistan, and are biographical accounts which differ in genre and style are considered for discussion.