Legacies of Violence: Rendering the Unspeakable Past in Modern Australia

by Robert Mason

Whether in the form of warfare, dispossession, forced migration, or social prejudice, Australia's sense of nationhood was born from-and continues to be defined by-experiences of violence. Legacies of Violence probes this brutal legacy through case studies that range from the colonial frontier to modern domestic spaces, exploring themes of empathy, isolation, and Australians' imagined place in the world. Moving beyond the primacy that is typically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785334360
• ISBN13: 9781785334368
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"