Witnessing Australian Stories

Name: Witnessing Australian Stories
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Witnessing Australian StoriesHistory, Testimony, and Memory in Contemporary Culture\nAuthor(s): Kelly Jean Butler\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138517981, 978-1138517981\nSynopsis\nThis book is about how Australians have responded to stories about suffering and injustice in Australia, presented in a range of public media, including literature, history, films, and television. Those who have responded are both ordinary and prominent Australians politicians, writers, and scholars. All have sought to come to terms with Australia's history by responding empathetically to stories of its marginalized citizens.\n\nDrawing upon international scholarship on collective memory, public history, testimony, and witnessing, this book represents a cultural history of contemporary Australia. It examines the forms of witnessing that dominated Australian public culture at the turn of the millennium. Since the late 1980s, witness.