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University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

ABSTRACT

Benang: From the Heart is one of the masterpieces of Australian Aboriginal author Kim Scott. This semi-autobiographical work won the Miles Franklin Award, Australia’s highest literary award, upon its publication in 1999. In his work, Scott focuses on the fate of contemporary indigenous Australians and emphasizes the relationship between indigenous peoples and white people. Benang: From the Heart tells the story of Harley, a young man of mixed Aboriginal and white colonial descent, as he searches for his identity in historical documents, expressing Scott’s critique of the “White Australia policy”. This paper analyzes Harley’s identity crisis and identity construction in Benang: From the Heart in the light of postcolonialism and the identity concerns of indigenous people.

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Kim Scott, Benang: From the Heart, postcolonialism, identity

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References

Haig, F. (2009). Kim Scott’s Benang: Pseudoscience and colonial Australia. English Language Notes, 47(2), 75-81.

Newman, P. (2005). Disgrace, Benang, and the search for benvolence. Journal of Australian Studies, 29(85), 83-96. Retrieved 16 Nov. 2012, from http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162790527.html

Scott, K. (1999). Benang: From the heart. Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press.

Slater, L. (2005). Kim Scott’s Benang: An ethics of uncertainty. JASAL, (4), 147-158.

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