An Uncommon Ancestor
“Bunyip” is an Australian English word derived from First Nations language names for monstrous water spirits that inhabit inland waterways of southeastern Australia. But the “Bunyips” that proliferate in colonial literary fictions, especially children’s stories, are what Elspeth Tilley (2009) terms...
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cramsterunivpr:10.5117/9789463726344_ch09 2024-09-30T14:35:00+00:00 An Uncommon Ancestor Craven, Allison 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789463726344_ch09 https://scienceopen.com/book?vid=73b31779-bb63-47fb-a900-416796bb91f9 en eng Amsterdam University Press Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures ISBN 9789048552832 9789048552832 9789463726344 book-chapter 2023 cramsterunivpr https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463726344_ch09 2024-09-19T04:09:12Z “Bunyip” is an Australian English word derived from First Nations language names for monstrous water spirits that inhabit inland waterways of southeastern Australia. But the “Bunyips” that proliferate in colonial literary fictions, especially children’s stories, are what Elspeth Tilley (2009) terms an “Aboriginalist creation of white folklore” and greatly diverge from biocultural knowledges of water spirits. The chapter explores this history of appropriation and then turns to recent literature and screen media by First Nations creatives which bring ancestral spirits into contemporary media. The main case study is Shadow Trackers (Curtis 2016), a documentary television show that resembles the format of paranormal reality television but educatively addresses bi-cultural audiences about the power and presence of spirit beings. Book Part First Nations Amsterdam University Press (AUP) Tilley ENVELOPE(-69.483,-69.483,-69.753,-69.753) Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89 1018 VR Amsterdam Nederland |
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“Bunyip” is an Australian English word derived from First Nations language names for monstrous water spirits that inhabit inland waterways of southeastern Australia. But the “Bunyips” that proliferate in colonial literary fictions, especially children’s stories, are what Elspeth Tilley (2009) terms an “Aboriginalist creation of white folklore” and greatly diverge from biocultural knowledges of water spirits. The chapter explores this history of appropriation and then turns to recent literature and screen media by First Nations creatives which bring ancestral spirits into contemporary media. The main case study is Shadow Trackers (Curtis 2016), a documentary television show that resembles the format of paranormal reality television but educatively addresses bi-cultural audiences about the power and presence of spirit beings. |
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