The uses of fear: Spatial politics in the Australian white-vanishing trope

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume23
dc.contributor.authorTilley EN
dc.date.available2009
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses the fear of the unknown exhibited in the trope of Australian literature involving disappearing whites. The various forms of the trope are described, which include tales of lost children, missing explorers, or disappearing drovers. The exhibition of the white European fear of the unknown area beyond the European sphere of influence within such stories is noted.
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dc.format.extent33 - 41
dc.identifierhttp://www.australianliterature.org/
dc.identifier.citationAntipodes, 2009, 23 (1), pp. 33 - 41
dc.identifier.elements-id33139
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn0893-5580
dc.publisherAmerican association of Australian Literary Studies
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.australianliterature.org/
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dc.subject.anzsrc19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
dc.subject.anzsrc20 Language, Communication and Culture
dc.titleThe uses of fear: Spatial politics in the Australian white-vanishing trope
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Humanities, Media & Creative Communication
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