Arts Books

Indigenous Secondary Education: What implications for counsellors lie in the stories of Indigenous adults, who as children, left their home communities to attend school?

Suzanne Jenkins — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:20:24 PDT

ABSTRACT

Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of the peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that the child of a farm worker can become the president of a great nation.

Nelson Mandela

Access to a ‘good’ education is often argued as deserving of the highest priority. The available research pertaining to the educational experience of Australian Indigenous students, however, too often reflects a picture of profound disadvantage, particularly in relation to their non-Indigenous counterparts. In 2008, Prime Minister Rudd announced $20 million of Federal Government funding for 2000 boarding school places over 20 years, to address chronic levels of academic underachievement and to prepare Indigenous students to become “workplace P-platers” in an attempt to close the education gap between black and white Australians. Education in Australia, however, is tied to white culture, the industrial economy and the means through which white culture survives, so accepting these places may also have a shadow side, in relation to multiple levels of loss and possible cultural alienation.

The purpose of this study is to discover what implications for counselling practice lie in the self-report of the ‘lived experience’ of an adult sample of eight Indigenous participants who, as children, experienced leaving home to attend school. Their experience spans five decades.

A phenomenological method was adopted, using an unstructured interview as the data-gathering instrument and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to analyse the data. IPA is a qualitative research methodology appropriate for exploring in detail how participants are making sense of their personal and social worlds.

Analysis of participant stories identified eleven subordinate themes, which were clustered under three ordinate themes: recognition, living environment and realism. One super-ordinate theme emerged, “living between two worlds’, which is represented as a never-ending ‘journey’ involving both ‘loss and gain’, highlighting the need for a loss/gain audit to be maintained as many of the positive and negative experiences were felt in the moment, while others had life-long repercussions. Identifying these experiences will enhance the counselling profession’s ability to develop interventions to strengthen the social, psychological and educational attainment of current and future Indigenous students.

Occupying the "other": Australia and military occupations from Japan to Iraq

Christine M. de Matos et al. — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:19:21 PDT

In late 1945, Australia eagerly put up its hand to join the American-led military occupation of war-devastated Japan: the old enemy was still hated, yet the Australian involvement was motivated by ideals of democratic reconstruction rather than retribution. In the age of Iraq, when Australia has again participated in a US occupation of a “rogue” non-Western state humbled in war, it is time to consider troubling questions surrounding the nation’s engagement in contentious overseas occupations. Can Western conceptions of democracy be imposed militarily on other societies? To what extent has Australia’s willingness to support the United States been an expression of independent policy-making or meek acquiescence in the neocolonial imperatives of the global superpower? How do occupations differ? When does “intervention” become “occupation”? To what extent are entrenched cultural attitudes to race and religion a factor in decisions to occupy, and on how these occupations are perceived at home? And how has the Australian media influenced public attitudes to these ventures?

Imposing peace and prosperity: Australia, social justice and labour reform in occupied Japan

Christine M. de Matos — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:05:06 PDT

Current scholarship on the Allied Occupation of Japan 1945–1952 remains captivated by the overarching US role. Yet Australia also participated in the Occupation, held a vision for a Pacific future, and developed a postwar relationship with Japan. Australia and the United States often disagreed over contentious issues related to Japan's postwar reforms. This is particularly evident in labour reform policy and on issues of social and economic justice. Comparisons with Iraq and Afghanistan are perhaps inevitable, and the narrative illuminates the paradox of the imposition of democratic reforms via military occupation.

Love under occupation: A personal journey through war, marriage and white Australia

Christine M. de Matos et al. — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:45:49 PDT

In 1946, a devastated and defeated Japan was occupied by Australian forces based in the prefecture of Hiroshima. Noel Huggett, a young twenty-four year old fresh from fighting the Japanese in Bougainville during the Asia-Pacific War, was part of the first group of Australian troops to arrive with the tasks of demilitarising and democratising Japan. During Noel’s time there something unexpected happened. He met and fell in love with a Japanese woman, Reiko (Ruth).

Politics in Australia

Martin Drum et al. — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:23:32 PDT

Politics in Australia adopts both a historical and conceptual approach, dealing with issues considered fundamental to the Australian political system throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Greeks in the Far Orient

Anastasios Tamis — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:37:30 PDT

After his valuable work on Greek emigration to Australia, New Zealand and Latin America, Anastasios Tamis has now focussed on the Far East, for which primary sources are comparatively scarce. Using interviews and oral histories, as well as Greek diplomatic archives and, through translators, Chinese and Japanese official sources, he has compiled a history of Greeks in China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines. The book is described by Professor Speros Vryonis Jr as ‘a major contribution to the historical experience of the Greek people in one of its most dynamic expressions: seafaring and emigration’.

Analyzing Gendered Occupation Power

Christine M. de Matos et al. — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:07:38 PDT

Military occupations and interventions have a gendered impact on both those engaged in occupying, and those whose lands have been occupied. Yet little is known about this gendered impact, in terms of both masculinities and femininities, either historically or in contemporary times. While research in this area has begun to grow since events in Iraq and Afghanistan, this collection helps redress the relative neglect by examining and analysing the impact of occupation on men and women, both occupied and occupier, in a variety of geographical spaces from Japan to Palestine to Iraq. Gendered perspectives are also intimately tied to analyses of ‘power’: how power is enacted by the occupier; how powerlessness is experienced by the occupied; how power is negotiated, shared, compromised, subverted, reclaimed; power as visible and invisible; institutional power; contested power in post-conflict societies; and power as discursively constructed. The term ‘military occupation’ is interpreted broadly to include occupation, interventions, the presence of military bases and peacekeeping/post-conflict operations. This interpretation allows space to demonstrate that the lines between each definition are blurred, especially when it comes to analysing gender and power. [Excerpt from publisher's website].

Occupation Masculinities: The Residues of Colonial Power in Australian Occupied Japan

Christine M. de Matos — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:00:52 PDT

Gender, Power, and Military Occupations: Asia Pacific and the Middle East since 1945

Christine M. de Matos et al. — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:49:17 PDT

Contemporary Challenges to Australian Security: Assessing the Evidence

Daniel Baldino et al. — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:14:13 PST

Contemporary Challenges to Australian Security provides an introductory
overview of the key conceptual, theoretical, empirical and policy issues central to
critical security study debate.
This text provides a practical real-world overview of the various elements that
together constitute ‘Australian security’. Through the use of primary source
materials this book invites the reader to assess the changing nature of Australian
security in the context of the increasingly fluid, complex and dynamic nature of
Asia–Pacific and global politics.

Using Expressive Arts to Work with Mind, Body and Emotions

Mark Pearson et al. — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:11:04 PDT

Using Expressive Arts to Work with Mind, Body and Emotions combines theory, research and activities to produce practical suggestions for enhancing client participation in the therapy process. It surveys the literature on art therapy; somatic approaches; emotion-activating models; use of music, writing and dreamwork; and the implications of the new findings in neuroscience.

The book includes step-by-step instructions for implementing expressive therapies techniques, and contains a wide range of experiential activities that integrate playful yet powerful tools that work in harmony with the client's innate ability for self-healing. The authors discuss transpersonal influences along with the practical implications of both emotion-focused and attachment theories.

Using Expressive Arts to Work with Mind, Body and Emotions is an essential guide to integrating creative arts-based activities into counselling and psychotherapy and will be a useful manual for practitioners, academics and student counsellors, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers and creative arts therapists. [Excerpt from publisher's website: http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/book/9781849050319]

Kimberley Aboriginal Caring for Country Plan

Sharon Griffiths et al. — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:21:46 PDT

The Kimberley Aboriginal Caring for Country Plan is the result of decades of pressure from Kimberley Aboriginal people - in meetings, during consultations and in the practice of looking after the land - about the need to be resourced to keep country healthy. This can be done through the elders, through language and through cultural activities. The plan was a collaboration between four regional Aboriginal organisations: the KLRC, the Kimberley Land Council (KLC), the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre (KALACC) and the Kimberley Aboriginal Pastoralists Inc. [Retrieved from http://klrc.org.au/projects/projects/caring-for-country]

Religion in International Politics and Development: The World Bank and Faith Institutions

John Rees — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:19:14 PDT

This unique and fascinating book illustrates that in moving the research agenda forward – despite whatever methodological pitfalls that may await in the attempt – the dynamics of religion must now be considered to be of central and abiding importance in the study of world politics. [Excerpt from publisher's website]

Colonial Life in Greenough: A Case Study in the Writing of Western Australia’s History

Simon Stevens — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:55:38 PDT

This book is an exploration of Western Australia's colonial history: one that examines and critiques two major historiographical approaches to the writing of such history, and makes the case for a new approach, which is then exemplified by a case study of colonial life in Greenough. It therefore consists of two component parts: 1) an examination of historiographical approaches and issues in the writing of Western Australia's colonial history; and 2) a case study of colonial life in Greenough. The first part traces the history of the Gentry tradition of Western Australian history writing and also establishes the existence of a liberal constitutionalist school within the State. The second part traces a "new" history of colonial life in Greenough: one that is set apart, in different ways, from the two established schools of Western Australian history.

ISBN: 9783639222913

The Architect of Victory: The Military Career of Lieutenant General Sir Frank Horton Berryman

Peter J. Dean — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:41:05 PST

Lieutenant General Sir Frank Berryman is one of the most important, yet relatively unknown officers in the history of the Australian Army. Despite his reputedly caustic personality and noted conflicts with some senior officers, Berryman was crucial to Australia's success during the Second World War. But did the man known as 'Berry the Bastard' deserve his reputation? Bold, calculating and talented, Berryman was at the forefront of operations that led to the defeat of the Japanese, and his operational planning secured Australia's victories at Bardia, Tobruk and in New Guinea during the Pacific War. With access to rare private papers, Peter Dean charts Berryman's special relationships with senior US and Australian officers such as MacArthur, Chamberlin, Blamey, Lavarack and Morshead, and explains why the man poised to become the next Chief of General Staff would never fulfil his ambition.

Contents

Introduction: Part I. The Formative Years, 1894–1939: 1. The foundations of a military career; 2. A gunners-war; 3. The bitter-sweet years; Part II. Battle Plans and Command, 1939–1942: 4. North Africa; 5. Bardia and Tobruk; 6. Operation Exporter; Part III. The Pacific War, 1942–1945: 7. War with Japan; 8. New Guinea force; 9. Operation Postern; 10. Reconquest; 11. Two armies - two headquarters; Part IV. The Post-World War, 1946–1981: 12. All careers must come to an end; Conclusion. In reflection, 1894–1941.

ISBN: 9780521766852

Democratic Oversight of Intelligence Services

Daniel Baldino — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:43:43 PST

Intelligence has come to play an increasingly important role in the shaping of policy and policing action around the world. Democratic Oversight of Intelligence Services reflects upon democratic principles applicable to the intelligence sector and the proper oversight mechanisms to install accountability for organisations that operate under a cloak of secrecy. By its very nature, the collection of intelligence also raises a number of ethical and moral questions and appropriate reforms need to be researched, discussed and debated. Reliable and realistic democratic systems of oversight must deal with special executive powers, the requirements of secrecy, the relationship between processes and structures and other hot-potato national security issues. This book addresses the development of, and the challenges and impediments to, democratic oversight and review of the intelligence community in Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, the United States and United Kingdom. The promotion of democratic oversight of the intelligence community has gained renewed significance in the aftermath of 9/11. Legal and administrative frameworks, executive prerogatives and power - and their potential abuses, operational work and analytical tradecraft, crisis management, human rights, state-sponsored detention and interrogation policy and the separation of powers are discussed.

ISBN: 9781862877412

Literary and Social Diasporas: An Italian Australian Perspective

Gaetano Rando et al. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:58:26 PDT

From the Publisher:

This volume seeks to map an understanding of the Italian experience onto the broader picture of diasporic stories, though with an anchor in the Australian-Italian experience. It brings together key essays and testimonials that frame a picture of Italy's rich legacy at "home", in Europe more widely, and in the (post)colonial sphere, with a particular emphasis on the Australian experience. The essays collected here focus on the way an Italian Australian story has emerged and evolved in its own unique way. In some respects it might be possible to define Australia, through this community, as an Italian space, very much inscribed and described by the many voices that characterise it. What is clear throughout these pages is that past, present and future circulate through and around each other, just as notions of nation - colonial, postcolonial, emigrant and immigrant - jostle for purchase in what is in fact a contested space always under negotiation.

Contents:

Gerry Turcotte/Gaetano Rando: Introduction. Italian Australian Studies: A (Post)Colonial Perspective - Venero Armanno: Under the Volcano - Pino Bosi: Australia cane - Fifty Years Later - Antonio Casella: Literature of Nostalgia: The Long Voyage - Archimede Fusillo: Tales My Nonna Told Me - Jan Sardi: Growing up Italian and Making Movies - Francesca Matteini: Intellectual Migrations: The Winds of Change - Peter Tesoriero: The Aeolian Diaspora - Jessica Carniel: «Identities Made in the Kitchen Taste the Best»: Consumption and Denial of Italian Australian Ethnicity as Food in Capaldo's Love Takes You Home - John Gatt-Rutter: Writing the Life of an Italian Australian: Piero Genovesi's Sebastiano Pitruzzello: l'uomo - la famiglia - l'industria - Gaetano Rando: Expressions of the Calabrian Diaspora in Calabrian Australian Writing - Rita Wilson: Cultural (Re)Locations: Narratives by Contemporary Italian Australian Women - Gianfranco Cresciani: A Clash of Civilisations? The Slovene and Italian Minorities and the Problem of Trieste from Borovnica to Bonegilla - Joseph Pugliese: Noi Altri: Italy's Other Geopolitical Identities, Racialised Genealogies and Inter-Cultural Histories - Francesco Ricatti: Sexual and Ethnic Identity in a Migratory Context: Letters to an Italo-Australian Newspaper - Michele Sapucci: Dealing with Second Generations.

About the editors:

Gaetano Rando is Associate Professor in Italian Studies and English Language and Linguistics at the University of Wollongong. He has written extensively on Italian Australian studies and the associated migration and cultural issues.

Gerry Turcotte is Professor of English and Executive Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, Australia. He is the author and editor of fourteen books including the novel Flying in Silence which was short-listed for The Age Book of the Year in 2001.

ISBN: 9789052013831

Philathenaios, Studies in Honour of Michael J. Osborne

Anastasios M. Tamis et al. — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:07:42 PDT

This volume of refereed papers is dedicated to Professor Michael John Osbome in response to his distinguished scholarly career in the field of Greek Studies, and in recognition of his enormous contribution to Higher Education. Colleagues and friends in various scholarly fields, from different parts of the world, have come together to honour his acumen and erudition, his integrity, and his friendship. The editors and contributors hope that the volume as a whole, and the individual offerings within it, will have new things to say about areas of scholarship that are dear to Michael's heart.

ISBN 978-960-99297-0-7

Due to copyright restrictions this book is unavailable for download.

Unsettled Remains: Canadian Literature and the Postcolonial Gothic

Cynthia Sugars et al. — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:51:41 PDT

Unsettled Remains: Canadian Literature and the Postcolonial Gothic examines how Canadian writers have combined a postcolonial awareness with gothic metaphors of monstrosity and haunting in their response to Canadian history. The essays gathered here range from treatments of early postcolonial gothic expression in Canadian literature to attempts to define a Canadian postcolonial gothic mode. Many of these texts wrestle with Canada’s colonial past and with the voices and histories that were repressed in the push for national consolidation but emerge now as uncanny reminders of that contentious history. The haunting effect can be unsettling and enabling at the same time.

In recent years, many Canadian authors have turned to the gothic to challenge dominant literary, political, and social narratives. In Canadian literature, the “postcolonial gothic” has been put to multiple uses, above all to figure experiences of ambivalence that have emerged from a colonial context and persisted into the present. As these essays demonstrate, formulations of a Canadian postcolonial gothic differ radically from one another, depending on the social and cultural positioning of who is positing it. Given the preponderance, in colonial discourse, of accounts that demonize otherness, it is not surprising that many minority writers have avoided gothic metaphors. In recent years, however, minority authors have shown an interest in the gothic, signalling an emerging critical discourse. This “spectral turn” sees minority writers reversing long-standing characterizations of their identity as “monstrous” or invisible in order to show their connections to and disconnection from stories of the nation. [From the publisher's website]

ISBN: 9781554580545

Unsettled Remains: Canadian Literature and the Postcolonial Gothic has been shortlisted for the Gabrielle Roy Prize for Literary Criticism: Canada.

Peripheral Fear : Transformations of the Gothic in Canadian and Australian fiction

Gerry Turcotte — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:36:05 PDT

This is a pioneering work published here for the first time in its complete form. At a time when Gothic studies still concentrated on traditional European and American Gothic, the author laid the foundations for the exploration of how Gothic conventions were transported and transformed in places remote from Europe. Through a detailed reading of 19th- and 20th-century examples of Canadian and Australian Gothic fiction, this work demonstrates the transformative potential of a once much-maligned mode in what were arguably neglected national literatures. [From the publisher's website]

ISBN: 9789052014883