Burning our Boats

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Burning our Boats

‘At the unstable point where the 'unspeakable' stories of subjectivity meet the narratives of history, of a culture . . .’ Stuart Hall (1932-2014). The burning of boats, that classic figure for the impossibility of return, was, for over a decade a practice routinely staged by the Australia...

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Main Author:	Perera, Suvendrini
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2015
Online Access:	http://www.nla.gov.au/ojs/index.php/jasal/article/view/3649 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31441

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