Marked bodies: a corporeal history of colonial Australia

Western imaginings about marked ‘primitive’ bodies have a long history, yet studies of these practices have remained largely a-historical. Drawing on recent scholarship addressing the history and cultural meanings of the corporeal surface of the Western body this paper presents a preliminary histori...

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Main Author: Haebich, Anna
Format: Journal Article
Published: Borderlands 2008
Online Access:http://www.borderlands.net.au/vol7no2_2008/haebich_marked.htm
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47304
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description Western imaginings about marked ‘primitive’ bodies have a long history, yet studies of these practices have remained largely a-historical. Drawing on recent scholarship addressing the history and cultural meanings of the corporeal surface of the Western body this paper presents a preliminary historical analysis of the remaking of Indigenous corporeal surfaces and subjectivities under colonialism in Australia as part of the nineteenth century ‘civilising project’.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-473042017-01-30T15:32:28Z Marked bodies: a corporeal history of colonial Australia Haebich, Anna Western imaginings about marked ‘primitive’ bodies have a long history, yet studies of these practices have remained largely a-historical. Drawing on recent scholarship addressing the history and cultural meanings of the corporeal surface of the Western body this paper presents a preliminary historical analysis of the remaking of Indigenous corporeal surfaces and subjectivities under colonialism in Australia as part of the nineteenth century ‘civilising project’. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47304 http://www.borderlands.net.au/vol7no2_2008/haebich_marked.htm Borderlands fulltext
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Marked bodies: a corporeal history of colonial Australia
title Marked bodies: a corporeal history of colonial Australia
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title_fullStr Marked bodies: a corporeal history of colonial Australia
title_full_unstemmed Marked bodies: a corporeal history of colonial Australia
title_short Marked bodies: a corporeal history of colonial Australia
title_sort marked bodies: a corporeal history of colonial australia
url http://www.borderlands.net.au/vol7no2_2008/haebich_marked.htm
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47304