The possessive logic of patriarchal white sovereignty: The High Court and the Yorta Yorta decision
(2004) The possessive logic of patriarchal white sovereignty: The High Court and the Yorta Yorta decision . Borderlands e-journal Volume 3(Number 2).
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Abstract
Race is fundamental in shaping the development of Australian law just as it has played its part in other former colonies, such as the United States, where a body of critical race theory has been established on the basis of this premise. Drawing on this theory I argue that the possessive logic of patriarchal white sovereignty works ideologically to naturalise the nation as a white possession by informing and circulating a coherent set of meanings about white possession as part of common sense knowledge and socially produced conventions in the High Court's Yorta Yorta decision.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Status: | Published |
| Keywords: | Race; indigenous studies;possessive logic; High Court's Yorta Yorta decision |
| Subjects: | 420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies > 420305 Aboriginal Cultural Studies 420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies > 420306 Postcolonial and Global Cultural Studies |
| ID Code: | 7690 |
| Deposited By: | Roberts, K T |
| Deposited On: | 24 May 2007 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au/vol3no2_2004/moreton_possessive.htm |
| Copyright Statement: | The contents of this journal can be freely accessed online via the journal’s web page (see hypertext link). |
| Additional Information: | Published when working at University of Queensland |