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Australian fairy tale could be following a new direction, evident in the recent work of Australian author and illustrator Shaun Tan. From a historical point of view, this article examines the disparity of early attempts to capture indigenous storytelling as fairy tale for white children and the invasion of the native landscape with English fairy creatures. It shows how this disparity has matured into a rediscovery of the underlying strangeness of the migratory infrastructures of Australian suburbs that are evident in such tales as those presented in Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia (2008) (Author's abstract).
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Australia's Fairy Tales Illustrated in Print : Instances of Indigeneity, Colonization, and Suburbanization
Marvels & Tales
Marvels & Tales
Subjects:
- Tales from Outer Suburbia 2008 selected work single work short story art work
- Australian Fairy Tales 1925 selected work children's fiction
- Australian Legendary Tales : Folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as Told to the Piccanninies 1896 selected work prose
- Elves and Fairies of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 1916 selected work poetry children's fiction
- Possum Magic 1983 single work picture book
- Australian Fairy Tales 1897 selected work children's fiction
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