"The Unbearable (Im)Possibility of Belonging: Andrew McGahans The White Earth"

HORÁKOVÁ, Martina. "The Unbearable (Im)Possibility of Belonging: Andrew McGahans The White Earth". In Nathanael O'Reilly. Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature. Amherst, NY (USA): Cambria Press, 2010, p. 109-128. ISBN 978-1-60497-711-0.

Basic information

• Original name: "The Unbearable (Im)Possibility of Belonging: Andrew McGahans The White Earth"
• Authors: HORÁKOVÁ, Martina (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Amherst, NY (USA), Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature, p. 109-128, 20 pp. 2010.
• Publisher: Cambria Press

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Chapter(s) of a specialized book
• Field of Study: Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/10:00058889
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• ISBN: 978-1-60497-711-0
• Keywords in English: postcolonial Australian literature; Andrew Macgahan; the white earth belonging
• Tags: RIV-OK, rivok

Abstract

This book presents thirteen essays that address the numerous ways in which Australian literature is postcolonial and can be read using postcolonial reading strategies. The collection addresses a wide variety of Australian texts produced from the colonial period to the present, including works by Henry Lawson, Miles Franklin, Patrick White, Xavier Herbert, David Malouf, Peter Carey, Rodney Hall, Andrew McGahan, Elizabeth Jolley, Judith Wright, Kate Grenville, Janette Turner Hospital, Melissa Lucashenko, Kim Scott, and Alexis Wright. The chapters focus on works by Indigenous authors and writers of European descent, and examine specifically postcolonial issues, including hybridity, first contact, resistance, appropriation, race relations, language usage, indigeneity, immigration/invasion, land rights and ownership, national identity, marginalization, mapping, naming, mimicry, the role of historical narratives, settler guilt and denial, and anxieties regarding belonging. The essays emphasize the postcolonial nature of Australian literature and utilize postcolonial theory to analyze Australian texts.