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Witnessing Australian Stories

History, Testimony, and Memory in Contemporary Culture

By: Kelly Jean Butler

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Witnessing Australian Stories

History, Testimony, and Memory in Contemporary Culture

By: Kelly Jean Butler

This 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.Drawing 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, witnessing has developed in Australia in response to the increasingly audible voices of indigenous peoples, migrants, and more recently, asylum seekers. As these voices became public, they posed a challenge not only to scholars and politicians, but also, most importantly, to ordinary citizens.When former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered his historic apology to Australia's indigenous peoples in February 2008, he performed an act of collective witnessing that affirmed the testimony and experiences of Aboriginal Australians. The phenomenon of witnessing became crucial, not only to the recognition and reparation of past injustices, but to efforts to create a more cosmopolitan Australia in the present. This is a vital addition to Transaction's critically acclaimed Memory and Narrative series.

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Routledge

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1351471481

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How to Be Irish

(Even if You Already Are)

By: Sean Kelly,Rosemary Rogers

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How to Be Irish

(Even if You Already Are)

By: Sean Kelly,Rosemary Rogers

Luck has nothing to do with it! Of course you want to be Irish. Look what it did for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sinead, Maeve Binchy, Roddy Doyle, JFK, Seamus Heaney, Angela's Ashes, and all those Riverdancers. But until now, the secrets of how to be Irish have been hidden in a Celtic Twilight of blather and blarney. Now this easy-to-read (with plenty o' pictures) handbook dares to tell you: How to have an Irish name How to talk, look, and act Irish How to vote Irish How to have thin skin, a terrible temper, and the gift of gab Whether you're proudly Irish, anti-Irish, fallen-away Irish, or would-be Irish--that is to say, if you're a living, breathing human being--How to Be Irish is for you. Learn (to your surprise) who's really Irish and who's only passing! Discover (to your astonishment) your own underground Irish roots! And brace yourself, Bridget, for the shocking (if brief) history of Irish-American sex! From the Trade Paperback edition.

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191

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Villard

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0307556875

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9780307556875

The Complete Idiot's Pocket Guide to WordPerfect 6

By: Kelly Oliver

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The Complete Idiot's Pocket Guide to WordPerfect 6

By: Kelly Oliver

A handy, take-along guide to WordPerfect 6 that provides information that's quick and easy to get at, but presented in a friendly, non-technical manner. Covers all the essential information needed to use WordPerfect 6, in short info-bites that provide a brief description of the task, a screen shot, and quick steps that are easily referenced.

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Alpha Computer

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1567613004

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9781567613001

The Complete Idiot's Pocket Guide to Windows

By: Kelly Oliver

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The Complete Idiot's Pocket Guide to Windows

By: Kelly Oliver

This handy, take-along guide covers only the truly essential tasks needed to use Windows, in short info-bites that provide a brief (but oh-so-approachable) description of the task, a screen shot, and quick steps that are easily referenced. Provides a refresher on how to start programs from Windows, organize and manage files, and perform other common and critical tasks.

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Witnessing Australian Stories

Witnessing Australian Stories

How to Be Irish

How to Be Irish

The Complete Idiot's Pocket Guide to WordPerfect 6

The Complete Idiot's Pocket Guide to WordPerfect 6

The Complete Idiot's Pocket Guide to Windows

The Complete Idiot's Pocket Guide to Windows

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