The Swamp and Desert Tropes in Post-Apocalyptic Australian Indigenous Fiction: The Swan Book (2013) by Alexis Wright and Terra Nullius (2018) by Claire Coleman

Focusing on The Swan Book (2013) by Alexis Wright and Terra Nullius (2018) by Claire Coleman, this article demonstrates how Aboriginal science-fiction rests on a creative temporal continuum as the logical sequel to Australia’s history of colonization and its present Indigenous people’s struggle, whe...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Singeot, Laura
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منشور في: Commonwealth Essays and Studies 2021
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:ces_7448 https://doi.org/10.4000/ces.7448 urn:doi:10.4000/ces.7448 en https://journals.openedition.org/ces/7448 2021-07-27T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/dt0b https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Swamp and Desert Tropes in Post-Apocalyptic Australian Indigenous Fiction: The Swan Book (2013) by Alexis Wright and Terra Nullius (2018) by Claire Coleman Commonwealth Essays and Studies SEPC (Société d’études des pays du Commonwealth) info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2534-6695 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2270-0633 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces Singeot, Laura Aboriginal science fiction devastation transculturalism community local and global Focusing on The Swan Book (2013) by Alexis Wright and Terra Nullius (2018) by Claire Coleman, this article demonstrates how Aboriginal science-fiction rests on a creative temporal continuum as the logical sequel to Australia’s history of colonization and its present Indigenous people’s struggle, whether it be cultural or political. Both novels claim desert and swamp should not be understood as permanent and stable or never-changing places but rather as vibrant places where new connections are woven to eventually form a global network of relationships relying on transculturalism.
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topic Aboriginal science fiction
devastation
transculturalism
community
local and global
spellingShingle Aboriginal science fiction
devastation
transculturalism
community
local and global
Singeot, Laura
The Swamp and Desert Tropes in Post-Apocalyptic Australian Indigenous Fiction: The Swan Book (2013) by Alexis Wright and Terra Nullius (2018) by Claire Coleman
description Focusing on The Swan Book (2013) by Alexis Wright and Terra Nullius (2018) by Claire Coleman, this article demonstrates how Aboriginal science-fiction rests on a creative temporal continuum as the logical sequel to Australia’s history of colonization and its present Indigenous people’s struggle, whether it be cultural or political. Both novels claim desert and swamp should not be understood as permanent and stable or never-changing places but rather as vibrant places where new connections are woven to eventually form a global network of relationships relying on transculturalism.
author Singeot, Laura
author_facet Singeot, Laura
author_sort Singeot, Laura
title The Swamp and Desert Tropes in Post-Apocalyptic Australian Indigenous Fiction: The Swan Book (2013) by Alexis Wright and Terra Nullius (2018) by Claire Coleman
title_short The Swamp and Desert Tropes in Post-Apocalyptic Australian Indigenous Fiction: The Swan Book (2013) by Alexis Wright and Terra Nullius (2018) by Claire Coleman
title_full The Swamp and Desert Tropes in Post-Apocalyptic Australian Indigenous Fiction: The Swan Book (2013) by Alexis Wright and Terra Nullius (2018) by Claire Coleman
title_fullStr The Swamp and Desert Tropes in Post-Apocalyptic Australian Indigenous Fiction: The Swan Book (2013) by Alexis Wright and Terra Nullius (2018) by Claire Coleman
title_full_unstemmed The Swamp and Desert Tropes in Post-Apocalyptic Australian Indigenous Fiction: The Swan Book (2013) by Alexis Wright and Terra Nullius (2018) by Claire Coleman
title_sort swamp and desert tropes in post-apocalyptic australian indigenous fiction: the swan book (2013) by alexis wright and terra nullius (2018) by claire coleman
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