The Cunning of Recognition: Indigenous Alterities and the Making of Australian Multiculturalism

Argues that the multicultural legacy of colonialism perpetuates unequal systems of power, not by demanding that colonized subjects identify with their colonizers but by demanding that they identify with an impossible standard of authentic traditional culture.

• | By (Author): Elizabeth A. Povinelli
• | Publisher: Duke University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 19, 2002
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0822328682
• | ISBN-13: 9780822328681