Full Description
This book approaches Australo-German relations from comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. It maps new pathways into the rich landscape of the Australo-German transnational encounter, which is characterized by dense and interwoven cultural, historical and political terrains. Surveying an astonishingly wide range of sites from literary translations to film festivals, Aboriginal art to education systems, the contributions offer a uniquely expansive dossier on the migrations of people, ideas, technologies, money and culture between the two countries.
The links between Australia and Germany are explored from a variety of new, interdisciplinary perspectives, and situated within key debates in literary and cultural studies, critical theory, politics, linguistics and transnational studies. The book gathers unique contributions that span the areas of migra
tion, aboriginality, popular culture, music, media and institutional structures to create a dynamic portrait of the exchanges between these two nations over time. Australo-German relations have emerged from intersecting histories of colonialism, migration, communication, tourism and socio-cultural representation into the dramatically changed twenty-first century, where traditional channels of connection between nations in the Western hemisphere have come undone, but new channels ensure cross-fertilization between newly constituted borders.
Contents
Post-Colonial Narratives of Australian Indigeneity in Austria: The Essl Exhibition on Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art.- Early German and Austrian migration to Australia.- A rereading of Germans as mediators of Australian identities and history.- The Australian and German Film Festival as transnational spaces.- Muslim German film reframed for Australian public television.- Translations of Australian children literature for German audiences.- Part III: Music and Media.- The philanthropic history of social relation between Australian and German church musicians.- Transnational connections between Germany and Australia in art.- Transnational Music Connections: Berlin and Melbourne.- Experimental short films between Germany and Australia.- A comparison of educational systems in Germany and Australia.- Cultural diplomacy connecting Germany and Australia.- Multiculturalism and cultural heterogeneity in Germany and Australia.- Conclusion.
