Australian Autobiography: the Politics of Making Postcolonial Space

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  • Anna Johnston The University of Queensland

Keywords:

A. B. Facey, Merv Lilley, autobiography

Abstract

The paper argues that the postcolonial settler/invader autobiography is a textual negotiation of-and-on an ambivalent site of utterance, with reference to A.B. Facey's A Fortunate Life and Merv Lilley's Gatton Man.

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2013-02-17

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1995: Crossing Lines: Formations of Australian Culture

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