Genre, History, and the Stolen Generations
Three Australian Stories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21791241 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melanie Duckworth (0000-0003-0637-7389, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 259-273 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Research in Children s Literature (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-6198 • E-ISSN: 1755-6201 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/ircl.2020.0357 |
| OpenAlex | W3101615056 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article explores the role that genre plays in fictional depictions of the Stolen Generations (Australian Indigenous children removed from their homes) in three twenty-first-century Australian middle-grade novels: Who Am I?: The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney 1937 by Anita Heiss (2001) ; The Poppy Stories: Four Books in One by Gabrielle Wang (2016) ; and Sister Heart by Sally Morgan (2016) . It argues that the genres of fictional diary, adventure story and verse novel invite different reading practices and approaches to history, and shape the ways in which the texts depict, for children, the suffering and resilience of the Stolen Generations
Adventure · Art · Art history · Genealogy · Indigenous · Linguistics · Literature · Sister · Sociology · Anthropology · Australian History and Society · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Philosophy · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |