The Difference Identity Makes: Indigenous Cultural Capital in Australian Cultural Fields

Lawrence Bamblett, Fred Myers, Tim Rowse

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Abstract

Through the struggles of Indigenous Australians for recognition and self-determination it has become common sense to understand Australia as made up of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and things. But in what ways is the Indigenous/non-Indigenous distinction being used and understood? In The difference identity makes thirteen Indigenous and non-Indigenous academics examine how this distinction structures the work of cultural production and how Indigenous producers and their works are recognised and valued. The editors introduce this innovative collection of essays with a pathfinding argument that 'Indigenous cultural capital' now challenges all Australians to re-position themselves within a revised scale of values. Each chapter looks at one of five fields of Australian cultural production: sport, television, heritage, visual arts and music, revealing that in each the Indigenous/non-Indigenous distinction has effects that are specific.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCanberra, A.C.T.
PublisherAboriginal Studies Press
Number of pages294
ISBN (Print)9781925302837
Publication statusPublished - 2019

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