Extract: Nation, Memory, Myth by Steve Vizard
Posted on 11 Jun 2025
How does myth generate meaning for a nation and its citizens? How does a national myth transform into symbolic performances of cultural memory and kinship?
Marcia Langton
Laureate Professor Dr Marcia Langton AO, of the Yiman and Bidjara nations of Queensland, is an anthropologist, geographer and academic. Since 2000, she has held the position of foundation chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne and also serves as Associate Provost. A prolific author, her academic and popular publications span Indigenous cultures and knowledge systems, laws, land tenure, agreement-making, art and film. A fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia, Langton is an influential voice in the Australian community, industry, government and non-government sectors.
Books
Dhoombak Goobgoowana
Ross L Jones, James Waghorne, and Marcia Langton
PAPERBACK..... $39.99
ISBN: 9780522881097
Indigenous Knowledge
Marcia Langton, Aaron Corn, and Samuel Curkpatrick
PAPERBACK..... $34.99
ISBN: 9780522880755
Dhoombak Goobgoowana
Ross L Jones, James Waghorne, and Marcia Langton
PAPERBACK..... $39.99
ISBN: 9780522881059
It's Our Country
Megan Davis and Marcia Langton
PAPERBACK..... $42.99
ISBN: 9780522869934
First Australians Unillustrate
Rachel Perkins, Marcia Langton, and Blackfella Films Pty Ltd
PAPERBACK..... $39.99
ISBN: 9780522857269
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