The Political Iconography of Aboriginality

Roberta James*

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Abstract

The politics of ambiguity is about multiplicities and is inherent in the politics of representation. Political satire has always been a weapon of critique levelled at those in positions of power, unmasking the disjunctures between the current slogans or discursive strategies of political pretenders and the stark social realities of the people whose interests they apparently protect. Political satire necessarily obscures complexities, precisely those complexities which are disavowed in the dominant discourses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)207-221
Number of pages15
JournalOceania
Volume63
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 1993
Externally publishedYes

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