The Country of Lost Children: An Australian Anxiety by Peter Pierce
The figure of the lost child has haunted the Australian imagination. Peter Pierce's original and sometimes shocking study The Country of Lost Children traces this ambivalent and disturbing history
In the nineteenth century the idea of losing one's child to a strange country reflected white settlers' distrust of their new land and its Aboriginal inhabitants. The book offers original insights into the passing of an opportunity for reconciliation between European and indigenous Australians.
In the twentieth century the lost child continues to torment the national consciousness, but no longer as the bewildered wanderer in the bush. Instead the emblematic lost child of modern Australia is a victim of abuse, abandonment or abduction.
Drawing on a wide range of sources, from poetry, fiction and newspaper reports to paintings and films, this book analyses the cultural and moral implications of the lost child in our history.
Format: Paperback | 230 pages
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 15.3 x 1.5 | 382g
Publication Date: 07 Jun 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication City/Country: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language: English
Illustrations note: b&w illustrations
ISBN10: 0521594995
ISBN13: 9780521594998
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including a very minor, faint, crease on the bottom-right corner of the front cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. The title page has a large sticker of an old-fashion map of the world with the name of a previous owner along its bottom. No missing pages.