TY - JOUR
T1 - Australian trials of trauma
T2 - The stolen generations in human rights, law, and literature
AU - Kennedy, Rosanne
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - A literary criticism of the novel Sorry by Gail Jones, in light of the psychic trauma inflicted by Australia's legal and social policies to remove indigenous children, termed Stolen Generations, from their indigenous families in the 19th and 20th centuries to assimilate them into white Australian culture is presented. In particular, an analysis is presented of the traumatic impact of the 2000 court case Cubillo v. Commonwealth that addressed the legality of the removal practices.
AB - A literary criticism of the novel Sorry by Gail Jones, in light of the psychic trauma inflicted by Australia's legal and social policies to remove indigenous children, termed Stolen Generations, from their indigenous families in the 19th and 20th centuries to assimilate them into white Australian culture is presented. In particular, an analysis is presented of the traumatic impact of the 2000 court case Cubillo v. Commonwealth that addressed the legality of the removal practices.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=82455181379&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5325/complitstudies.48.3.0333
DO - 10.5325/complitstudies.48.3.0333
M3 - Article
SN - 0010-4132
VL - 48
SP - 333
EP - 355
JO - Comparative Literature Studies
JF - Comparative Literature Studies
IS - 3
ER -