Author(s): YING Qiong
Pages: 93-96
Year: 2014 Issue:  10
Journal: Journal of Sichuan College of Education
Keyword:  Home; post-colonial feminism; indigenous women; others; racial discrimination; gender discrimina-tion; Larissa Behrendt; Australian literature;
Abstract: Larissa Behrendtˊs novel Home is studied from the perspective of post-colonial feminism. This paper ex-amines the double oppressions of racism and sexism imposed upon indigenous women in colonial Australia in the 20th cen-tury and discusses the significance of finding their own voice,reconstructing their identity and return their selfhood.