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Michael Griffiths

Sat, 02 Feb

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Upstairs at Better Read Than Dead

Join Michael Griffiths for an enlightening discussion of appropriation and misrepresentation in, and indigenous critiques of, 20th Century Australian literature. Michael will be in-conversation with Eve Vincent and Evelyn Araluen.

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Michael Griffiths
Michael Griffiths

Time & Location

02 Feb 2019, 4:00 pm

Upstairs at Better Read Than Dead, 265 King Street, Newtown NSW, Australia

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About The Event

Join Michael Griffiths in conversation with Eve Vincent and Evelyn Araluen, discussing his book The Distribution of the Settlement: Appropriation and Refusal in Australian Literature and Culture.

About the Book

Settler representations of Indigenous culture and identity weigh heavily on the way Indigenous people tell their stories in the present. The Distribution of Settlement: Appropriation and Refusal in Australian Literature and Culture engages closely with the history of non-Indigenous representations of Aboriginality by telling a story about the role of appropriation and misrepresentation in twentieth century Australian literature and culture before moving to read the way Indigenous writers and intellectuals engage with—or refuse to engage with—this legacy. The book also turns to the legacy of these acts on and in the work of contemporary Aboriginal writers such as Kim Scott, Alexis Wright, Tony Birch and Tara June Winch.

About the Author

Michael R. Griffiths lectures in English and Writing at…

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