Historicising Whiteness: Captain Cook Possesses Australia

Schlunke, K

Historicising Whiteness: Captain Cook Possesses Australia

Schlunke, K

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Publisher:: RMIT Publishing in association with the School of Historical Studies
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on the Construction of Identity, 2007, pp. 41 - 50
Issue Date:: 2007-01

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dc.contributor.author	Schlunke, K	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Boucher, L	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Carey, J	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Ellinghaus, K	en_US
dc.date	2006-11-22	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on the Construction of Identity, 2007, pp. 41 - 50	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781921166808	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/2303
dc.description.abstract	This article attempts to historicise the whiteness produced within the claim by James Cook to possess Australia. That claim is examined through Morton- Robinson s idea of white possessive logic and two paintings of the event to question the making historical that confirms white privilege through the making normal of such events. Cook as an historical figure becomes secured from readings of him as violent or desirous while continuing to produce national imaginings that naturally exclude Indigenous sovereignty and which continue to depend upon ways of looking to control Indigenous populations.	en_US
dc.publisher	RMIT Publishing in association with the School of Historical Studies	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Historicising Whiteness: Transnational Perspectives on the Construction of Identity	en_US
dc.title	Historicising Whiteness: Captain Cook Possesses Australia	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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utslib.location.activity	University of Melbourne, Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

This article attempts to historicise the whiteness produced within the claim by James Cook to possess Australia. That claim is examined through Morton- Robinson s idea of white possessive logic and two paintings of the event to question the making historical that confirms white privilege through the making normal of such events. Cook as an historical figure becomes secured from readings of him as violent or desirous while continuing to produce national imaginings that naturally exclude Indigenous sovereignty and which continue to depend upon ways of looking to control Indigenous populations.

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