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February 23, 2007
An interesting paper by Marcia Langton on The Politics of Representation in Aboriginal Art and Film in Rouge magazine. She says that:
Critics find it difficult to discuss Aboriginal works because of an almost complete absence of critical theory, knowledge and sensibility towards Aboriginal film and video production. There are some important exceptions, mostly in specialist literature. It is not widely read...there is no sizeable body of literature that provides an informed anti-colonial critique of the films and videos about Aboriginal people.
What we have is a dense history of racist, distorted and often offensive representation of Aboriginal people. Langton goes on to say that:
I contend that the central problem is not one of racial discrimination, although I do not deny that it might be a factor in specific or general encounters. Rather, the central problem is the need to develop a body of knowledge and critical perspective to do with aesthetics and politics, whether written by Aboriginal or non-Aboriginal people, on representations of Aboriginal people and concerns in art, film, television or other media.
The text is from Michele Grossman (ed.), Blacklines: Contemporary Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians
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