Gareth Griffiths Gareth Griffiths i(A27243 works by)
Born: Established:
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Wales (UK),
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Heritage: Welsh
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1 y separately published work icon The Social Work of Narrative : Human Rights and the Cultural Imaginary Philip Mead (editor), Gareth Griffiths (editor), Stuttgart : ibidem-Verlag , 2018 15332931 2018 anthology criticism

'This book addresses the ways in which a range of representational forms have influenced and helped implement the project of human rights across the world, and seeks to show how public discourses on law and politics grow out of and are influenced by the imaginative representations of human rights. It draws on a multi-disciplinary approach, using historical, literary, anthropological, visual arts, and media studies methods and readings, and covers a wider range of geographic areas than has previously been attempted. A series of specifically-commissioned essays by leading scholars in the field and by emerging young academics show how a multidisciplinary approach can illuminate this central concern.'  (Publication summary)

1 3 y separately published work icon Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies Bill Ashcroft , Helen Tiffin , Gareth Griffiths , London : Routledge , 1998 Z1394887 1998 reference (taught in 2 units) 'As a subject, post-colonial studies stands at the intersection of debates about race, colonialism, gender, politics and language. In the language of post-colonial studies, some words are new, others are familiar but charged with new significance. This volume provides an essential key to understanding the issues that characterize post-colonialism, explaining what it is, where it is encountered and why it is crucial in forging new cultural identities. This comprehensive glossary has extensive cross-referencing, suggestions for further reading at the end of each entry, a bibliography of essential writings in post-colonial studies and is presented in an easy-to-use A-Z format.'
1 Runamuk Gareth Griffiths , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 14 February 1997; (p. 10)

— Review of Runamuk David Milroy , 1997 single work drama
1 The Post-colonial Project: Critical Approaches and Problems Gareth Griffiths , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: New National and Post-colonial Literatures : An Introduction 1996; (p. 165-177)

When considering the purpose or mandate of postcolonial studies Giffiths suggests that 'the exegesis and analysis of the literary texts themselves' should be of utmost importance. He believes there has been a displacement of this activity in favour of a focus on 'philosophical and critical issues', and that this constitutes one of the major 'problems' in the development of the field.

1 Representing Difference in Sam Watson's "The Kadaitcha Sung" Gareth Griffiths , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: A Talent(ed) Digger : Creations, Cameos, and Essays in Honour of Anna Rutherford 1996; (p. 471-484)

The last ten years have seen an amazing and powerful upsurge of Australian Aboriginal writing. Texts such as Archie Weller's novel  Day of the Dog and the playwright Jack Davis's No Sugar have taken the day-to-day experience of the Nyoongah people and cast them into a realist literary form which contests the existing white accounts.' These early realist texts are told from the alter/native, subaltern viewpoint, suppressed if not silenced by the dominant white discourse, in which Aboriginality itself was a term used to eradicate the specific differences these texts were designed to uncover and celebrate. These Aboriginal texts try to uncover a hidden history without modifying the dominant discourse of Western realist narrative. The limitations of this mode of representation have been pointed out by Australian Aboriginal critics such as Mudrooroo who have questioned its effectiveness for a contemporary Aboriginal politics: realist texts reinforce the dependency-syndrome of Aboriginal writing, especially where, as in the case of Weller's, they are deeply pessimistic narratives ending with images of defeat. Mudrooroo has argued that the alternative may be to develop texts which go back to "the very roots of Aboriginal culture, to traditional Aboriginal culture. I feel this is the way to go — that we should be developing our own literature and not just utilizing Australian realism."3 Such texts, he argues, are celebratory and recuperative, confronting Australian society with a discourse marked by its difference. Sam Watson's Kadaitcha Sung is one such non-realist text, and it is the forms it adopts and their effect on the politics of textually representing difference that I want to consider here. (Introduction)
 

1 Contestable Humour Lets Down Bosnia Gareth Griffiths , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 20 February 1996; (p. 14)

— Review of Miss Bosnia Louis Nowra , 1995 single work drama
1 Theatre Gareth Griffiths , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 August 1996; (p. 9)

— Review of Blackrock Nick Enright , 1995 single work drama
1 Mixed Up Messages Down Under: The Marlo Morgan "Hoax": A Textual Travesty of Aboriginal Culture Gareth Griffiths , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Ulitarra , no. 9 1996; (p. 76-85)
1 A Showcase for Works in Progress Gareth Griffiths , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 April 1996; (p. 11)
1 Untitled Gareth Griffiths , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 26 May 1995; (p. 48)

— Review of Double Act Barry Creyton , 1988 single work drama
1 Untitled Gareth Griffiths , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 September 1995; (p. 12)

— Review of Tiger Country 1995 single work drama
1 The Myth of Authenticity : Representation, Discourse and Social Practice Gareth Griffiths , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: De-scribing Empire : Post-colonialism and Textuality 1994; (p. 70-85)
1 Untitled Gareth Griffiths , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 May 1994; (p. 8)

— Review of Brilliant Lies David Williamson , 1993 single work drama
1 Theatre Gareth Griffiths , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 26 August 1994; (p. 19)

— Review of Ningali Robyn Archer , Josie Ningali Lawford , Angela Chaplin , 1994 single work drama
1 The Transformations of Cinderella Gareth Griffiths , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 August 1994; (p. 14)

— Review of Alleycat Alice and Friends Edgar Metcalfe , 1994 single work drama ; One Small Step Heather Nimmo , 1992 single work drama
1 Theatre Gareth Griffiths , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 November 1994; (p. 18)

— Review of Edge Graham Pitts , 1994 single work drama
1 Untitled Gareth Griffiths , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , Winter vol. 39 no. 2 1994; (p. 88-90)

— Review of The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] 1993 anthology poetry
1 Untitled Gareth Griffiths , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 April 1994; (p. 12)

— Review of Factory Girl Graham Pitts , 1994 single work drama
1 Theatre Gareth Griffiths , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 28 October 1994; (p. 12)

— Review of Breast Stroke : A Play in One Act Carolyn F. Logan , 1994 single work drama
1 Culture Clash on Grand Scale Gareth Griffiths , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 February 1994; (p. 11)

— Review of Dead Heart Nicholas Parsons , 1994 single work drama
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