{"product_id":"finding-eliza-power-and-colonial-storytelling","title":"Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling","description":"Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction by Fiona Foley, \u003ci\u003eFinding Eliza\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital Indigenous perspective on colonial storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAboriginal lawyer, writer and filmmaker Larissa Behrendt has long been fascinated by the story of Eliza Fraser, who was purportedly captured by the Butchulla people after she was shipwrecked on their island off the Queensland coast in 1836. In this deeply personal book, Behrendt uses Eliza's tale as a starting point to interrogate how Aboriginal people - and indigenous people of other countries - have been portrayed in their colonisers' stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring works as diverse as \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCoonardoo\u003c\/i\u003e, Behrendt looks at the stereotypes embedded in these accounts, including the assumption of cannibalism and the myth of the noble savage. Ultimately,\u003ci\u003e Finding Eliza\u003c\/i\u003e shows how these stories not only reflect the values of their storytellers but also reinforce those values - and how, in Australia, this has contributed to a complex racial divide.","brand":"Larissa Behrendt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43515808415805,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780702268533.jpg?v=1787489443","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/finding-eliza-power-and-colonial-storytelling","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}