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The Australian Desert: Nature, Culture, Future

English

By (author): Roslynn Haynes

This unique book is the only fully interdisciplinary and comprehensive study of the Australian desert and its pivotal role in the cultural history of Australia.

Beginning with the prehistory of the continent, it engages with geology, the Aboriginal Dreaming narratives of origin, the arrival of the first Australians, Aboriginal culture of the Dreaming, anthropology, colonial history and the cult of the inland explorer-hero, and integration of the central deserts through the responses of writers, artists, and filmmakers into the national identity. Chapters explore the unique way Indigenous artists have evolved a method of expressing their spiritual relationship to Country, while hiding from uninitiated eyes the secret-sacred meaning beneath the paint. It takes us on a journey through the politics of Land Rights for First Nations peoples, the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and an analysis of Indigenous ecological principles which may suggest a new and radical approach to navigating climate change in the Anthropocene.

The Australian Desert is written for scholars of fine arts, anthropology, literature, film studies, cultural history, Indigenous studies, ecology and tourism, and for anyone interested in deserts.

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Will deliver when available. Publication date 04 Nov 2024

Product Details
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Nov 2024
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781032835051

About Roslynn Haynes

Roslynn Haynes is Adjunct Associate Professor of Arts and the Media at UNSW and has published ten books on deserts literature art science and Aboriginal astronomy. As a graduate of both science and literature and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities Roslynn Haynes is fascinated by the intersection of disciplines.

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