Uncanny Australia

Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation

By: Jane M Jacobs, Ken Gelder

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Paperback | 9 August 2024 | Edition Number 522

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This challenging book examines how the sacred haunts the modern in Australian society through the effect of the uncanny.

Aboriginal claims for sacredness in modern Australia may seem like minor events, but they have radically disturbed the nation's image of itself. Minorities appear to have too much influence; majorities suddenly feel embattled. What once seemed familiar can now seem disconcertingly unfamiliar, a condition Ken Gelder and Jane M. Jacobs diagnose as 'uncanny'. In Uncanny Australia Gelder and Jacobs show how Aboriginal claims for sacredness radiate out to affect the fortunes, and misfortunes, of the modern nation. They look at Coronation Hill, Hindmarsh Island, Uluru and the repatriation of sacred objects; they examine secret business in public places, promiscuous sacred sites, ghosts and bunyips, cartographic nostalgia, reconciliation and democracy, postcolonial racism and New Age enchantments. Uncanny Australia is a challenging and thought-provoking work that offers a new way of understanding how the Aboriginal sacred inhabits the modern nation.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction: On Discourses of the Sacred, Minorities and Fair Deals
The Modern Sacred: On the New Age of a Postcolonial Nation	p. 1
The Postcolonial Uncanny: On Reconciliation, (Dis)Possession and Ghost Stories	p. 23
The Sacred (in the) Nation: On Boundaries, Aboriginal Bureaucracy and the Arbitrariness of the Sign	p. 43
Where is the Sacred? On the Reach of Coronation Hill	p. 66
The Return of the Sacred: On Repatriation and Charisma	p. 82
Authorising Sacredness: On Storytelling, Fiction and Uluru	p. 97
Promiscuous Sacredness: On Women's Business, Publicity and Hindmarsh Island	p. 117
Conclusion: On Wik, Postcolonial Democracy and Other Matters	p. 135
Notes	p. 144
Bibliography	p. 153
Index	p. 159
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