Indigenous identity, 'authenticity' and the structural violence of settler colonialism

Identities

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 288-303

  Maddison, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; Australia; authenticity; indigenous identity; settler colonialism; structural violence

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POLITICAL VIOLENCE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; TORRES STRAIT; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS;

EID: 84880036189     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.2013.806267     Document Type: Article

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