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Aboriginal Writers and Popular Fiction: The Literature of Anita Heiss
Contributor(s): Morgan, Fiannuala (Author)

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 ISBN: 1108747698     ISBN-13: 9781108747691
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $17.09  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2021
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- Language Arts & Disciplines | Publishers & Publishing Industry
Physical Information: 0.22" H x 5" W x 7" L (0.21 lbs) 75 pages
 
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Wiradjuri woman, Anita Heiss, is arguably one of the first Aboriginal Australian authors of popular fiction. A focus on the political characterises her chick lit; and her identity as an author is both supplemented and complemented by her roles as an academic, activist and public intellectual. Heiss has discussed genre as a means of targeting audiences that may be less engaged with Indigenous affairs, and positions her novels as educative but not didactic. Her readership is constituted by committed readers of romance and chick lit as well as politically engaged readers that are attracted to Heiss' dual authorial persona; and, both groups bring radically distinct expectations to bear on these texts. Through analysis of online reviews and surveys conducted with users of the book reviewing website Goodreads, I complicate the understanding of genre as a cogent interpretative frame, and deploy this discussion to explore the social significance of Heiss' literature.
 
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