An Odyssey into the “Black Pacific”: A Reassessment of Mudrooroo’s The Undying
The aim of this article is to reexamine Mudrooroo’s novel The Undying (1998) through the prism of the concept of “black Atlantic” which I borrow from Gilroy and propose to transpose to a “black Pacific.” This paradigm shift has the potential to eschew the pitfall of a bifocal approach (black v. whit...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | The aim of this article is to reexamine Mudrooroo’s novel The Undying (1998) through the prism of the concept of “black Atlantic” which I borrow from Gilroy and propose to transpose to a “black Pacific.” This paradigm shift has the potential to eschew the pitfall of a bifocal approach (black v. white) and to take into consideration a larger and more complex set of cultural coordinates which have had an impact on the shaping of Aboriginal identity. |
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