Caging the Rainbow: Places, Politics and Aborigines in a North Australian Town by Francesca Merlan

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Caging the Rainbow: Places, Politics and Aborigines in a North Australian Town by Francesca Merlan
English | 31 Dec. 1998 | ISBN: 0824820452, 0824820010 | 296 Pages | PDF | 2 MB

Explores the lives of Aborigines in the small town of Katherine, Australia. Merlan combines ethnography and theory to study issues surrounding the debate about the authenticity of contemporary cultural activity. The vulnerability of Fourth World peoples to others' representations of them and the ethical problems this poses are recognised.