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Analysing the narratives of James Backhouse and R. B. Plowman, Paul Miller concludes that readers need to be aware of the strategies adopted by the two writers 'to validate their preferences'. Readers need to appreciate 'the pool of socio-cultural circumstances that condition' Backhouse and Plowman's preferences. 'What emerges', says Miller, 'are texts with "facts" that are all but transparent and contructions of Aboriginal peoples adapted to affirm the travellers' personal and imperial agendas'.
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Validating Preferences : Aborigines and the Narratives of Two Missionary Travellers
Colloquy : Text Theory Critique
Colloquy : Text Theory Critique
Subjects:
- A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies 1843 selected work prose
- The Man from Oodnadatta 1933 selected work short story autobiography
- The Man from Oodnadatta : Stories by the First Patrol Padre to the Australian Inland Mission, 1912-1917 1992 selected work short story autobiography
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