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Whitefella Jump Up

The Shortest Way to Nationhood

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Whitefella Jump Up

By: Germaine Greer
Narrated by: Germaine Greer
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In the third Quarterly Essay of 2003, Germaine Greer suggests that embracing Aboriginality is the only way Australia can fully imagine itself as a nation. In a wide-ranging essay she looks at the interdependence of black and white and suggests not how the Aborigine question may be settled but how a sense of being Aboriginal might save the soul of Australia. In a sweeping and magisterial essay, touching on everything from Henry Lawson to multiculturalism, Germaine Greer argues that Australia must enter the Aboriginal web of dreams.

©2003 Germaine Greer (P)2012 Bolinda Publishing
Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences

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"[Whitefella Jump Up] is an essay about sitting down and thinking where all the politics start and what kind of legend Australia wants to place at its heart." (Peter Craven, The Age)
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