Made to Matter
White Fathers, Stolen Generations
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Sydney University Press
Published:1st Jul '13
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Made to Matter analyses the stories of the Stolen Generation's white fathers, building on and complicating their role in this history.
This book analyses the stories of white fathers, men who were positioned as key players in the plans to assimilate Aboriginal people by 'breeding out the colour' and attempts to put textual flesh on the bodies of these white fathers, and in doing so, builds on and complicates the view of white fathers in this history, and the histories of whiteness to which they are biopolitically related.
This book analyses the stories of white fathers, men who were positioned as key players in the plans to assimilate Aboriginal people by 'breeding out the colour' and attempts to put textual flesh on the bodies of these white fathers, and in doing so, builds on and complicates the view of white fathers in this history, and the histories of whiteness to which they are biopolitically related.
‘It is rare to come across studies of important themes in the context of a national culture, such as the Australian, and think, why has this not been examined properly before? Fiona Probyn-Rapsey's Made to Matter. White Fathers, Stolen Generations represents such a study ... Made to Matter is an important book not least because it draws attention to an overlooked aspect of twentieth-century outback contact-zone history.’
-- Lars Jensen * Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia (JEASA), Vol.6 No.1, 2015. *'In openly analysing the 'Great Australian silence' and 'cults of disremembering' that surround sexual intimacy between white Australians and Aboriginal people, Made to Matter breaches the uncomfortable reality of colonial history.'
-- Valerie Cooms * Cultural Studies ReviISBN: 9781920899974
Dimensions: 210mm x 148mm x 10mm
Weight: 265g
148 pages