Demographics, Culture and Epistemology in Sally Morgan's 'My Place'
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DEMOGRAPHICS, CULTURE AND EPISTEMOLOGY IN SALLY MORGAN 'S 'MY PLACE '
Course Code: BHE 502
Course Title: Contemporary Literature
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Submitted by:
SAMAH RAFIQ
ENROLL. NO. A0706110041
Submitted to:
DR. SHUCHI AGRAWAL
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT AIESR
AMITY INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH STUDIES AND RESEARCH
AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH
"Sally Morgan 's 'My Place ' plays an important role in Australian Aboriginal literature because for the first time it provides non-Aboriginal readers with knowledge of hidden indigenous history."[1] It gives them an insight into the lives of their ancestors and the atrocities suffered by them through the individual experiences of Morgan 's mother Gladys, grandmother Daisy (Nan), and her brother (Arthur Corunna). The book relies much on oral historical accounts of Morgan 's family which can very much be extended to the experiences of the Aboriginal population of Australia in general. The inflow of migrants into Australia affected the demographics, culture and epistemology of the native people as it sidelined their beliefs in order to provide a stronger foothold for the faith, beliefs and philosophies of the migrants who drove the natives out of their peaceful and serene lives.
Before we proceed further, we need to understand the key terms in this paper - demographics which is related to demography which means "study of characteristics of human populations such as size, growth, distribution and vital statistics,"[2] so demographics roughly refers to the population aspects in the novel, culture meaning "a totality of socially transmitted behaviour patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions and all other products of human work and thought,"[3] and epistemology which refers to "the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity."[4] So, here it will refer to how the intrusion of the Europeans affected
On
DEMOGRAPHICS, CULTURE AND EPISTEMOLOGY IN SALLY MORGAN 'S 'MY PLACE '
Course Code: BHE 502
Course Title: Contemporary Literature
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Submitted by:
SAMAH RAFIQ
ENROLL. NO. A0706110041
Submitted to:
DR. SHUCHI AGRAWAL
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT AIESR
AMITY INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH STUDIES AND RESEARCH
AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH
"Sally Morgan 's 'My Place ' plays an important role in Australian Aboriginal literature because for the first time it provides non-Aboriginal readers with knowledge of hidden indigenous history."[1] It gives them an insight into the lives of their ancestors and the atrocities suffered by them through the individual experiences of Morgan 's mother Gladys, grandmother Daisy (Nan), and her brother (Arthur Corunna). The book relies much on oral historical accounts of Morgan 's family which can very much be extended to the experiences of the Aboriginal population of Australia in general. The inflow of migrants into Australia affected the demographics, culture and epistemology of the native people as it sidelined their beliefs in order to provide a stronger foothold for the faith, beliefs and philosophies of the migrants who drove the natives out of their peaceful and serene lives.
Before we proceed further, we need to understand the key terms in this paper - demographics which is related to demography which means "study of characteristics of human populations such as size, growth, distribution and vital statistics,"[2] so demographics roughly refers to the population aspects in the novel, culture meaning "a totality of socially transmitted behaviour patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions and all other products of human work and thought,"[3] and epistemology which refers to "the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity."[4] So, here it will refer to how the intrusion of the Europeans affected
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