Introduction: Australia's Fourth World Literature -- From Depression to War -- Popular Perceptions of an Unpopular People, 1929-1945 -- World War II and the Assimilation Era: A Self-Destructive Doctrine -- Literary Perception, 1945-1961 -- Progress and Frustrated Expectations: The Era Since 1961 -- Views of Australian History in Aboriginal Literature -- Sex and Violence in the Black Australian Novel -- Poetry of Politics: Australian Aboriginal Verse -- Aboriginality and Black Australian Drama -- Conclusion: Black Words on White Pages.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
A description of Australian Aboriginal Literature from 1929-1988.
