Reading the Tracker: The Antinomies of Aboriginal Ventriloquism

Authors

  • Jonathan Dunk University of Sydney

Abstract

This paper reads the historical document known as the 'Statement of Jacky Jacky' as a contested discursive site in the dialectic between the equally fictitious constructs of 'Explorer' and 'Blacktracker'.

Author Biography

Jonathan Dunk, University of Sydney

Kenneth Reed Postgraduate Scholar in English at the University of Sydney

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Published

2017-12-21

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2017): Empire/Dissent

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