Open AccessFrom Colonial Superstition to the Hairyman: Aboriginality and the Politics of Race
Author(s) -
Juliet O’Conor
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
papers (victoria park)/papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1837-4530
pISSN - 1034-9243
DOI - 10.21153/pecl2010vol20no2art1143
Subject(s) - superstition , indigenous , welfarism , race (biology) , politics , colonialism , sociology , gender studies , perception , history , psychology , political science , law , ecology , biology , archaeology , neuroscience , welfare
The misconceptions of Indigenous incapacity and pastoral welfarism evident in the mid century texts are reversed by the end of the century and the texts that have made the same possible are discussed. Characterization of the Indigenous protagonists in each publication reveals much about changing perceptions of Aboriginality.