Boundary Writing: An Exploration of Race, Culture, and Gender Binaries in Contemporary AustraliaLynette Russell Have globalization and the emergence of virtual cultures reduced cultural diversity? Will the world become homogenized or Americanized? Boundary Writing sets out to demonstrate that this oversimplification denies the reality that today there is greater space for cultural diversity than ever before. It explores the desire to categorize individuals and collectivities into racial, ethnic, gender, and sexuality categories (black and white, men and women, gay and straight), which is a feature of most Western societies. More specifically, it analyzes the boundaries and edges of these categories and concepts. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
From Beats to Cybersex Australian Gay Male Appropriation of Public Spaces | 18 |
The Nonsurgical Option Deciding Not to Decide about Gender Identity | 43 |
NonAnglo and NonAboriginal Australian Multiculturalism the Third Side of the BlackWhite Divide | 66 |
Cultural Calculus Cultural Translation and the Politics of Indigenous Cultural Property | 86 |
different lives in different places A Space for Multiple White Identities through Aboriginal Rock Music | 103 |
Indigenous Rights and the Mutability of Cultures Tradition Change and the Politics of Recognition | 122 |
Beyond Orality and Literacy Textuality Modernity and Representation in Gularabulu Stories from the West Kimberley | 149 |
Rom and the Academy Repositioned Binary Models in Yolrju Intellectual Traditions and their Application to Wider Intercultural Dialogues | 170 |
Contributors | 199 |
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Post-colonial Studies: The Key Concepts Bill Ashcroft,Gareth Griffiths,Helen Tiffin No preview available - 2007 |