First Nations Adaptations of Western Narratives

Collated by intern Jemma Cumpstay, for BlackWords / Austlit

Collated by intern Jemma Cumpstay, this new BlackWords information trail explores the BlackWords works that adopt, adapt, circumvent, and rewrite existing classic works, from Greek drama to Shakespeare, fairytales to Australian colonial poetry, children's fiction to ... Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls?! Yes, Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls.

Coming out of a background of genocidal, assimilationist, and paternalistic policies and discourse since the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, these works, in Jemma's words, 'draw attention to the continuity of the longest living culture on Earth, the severity of the interruption that was colonisation, and the determination to not only survive but to continue.'

Explore the trail at https://www.austlit.edu.au/blackwordsadaptations

Or explore all BlackWords trails at https://www.austlit.edu.au/blackwordstrails

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