![]() The aim of this paper is to evaluate the representations of the First Nation Australian characters in the novel with reference to analytical frameworks put forward by Bradford (2001) and Lucashenko (2000/2009). Nanberry is of interest as it is a contemporary, critically-acclaimed young adult novel. This paper analyses Nanberry: black brother white by Jackie French, published in 2011. In this context, the analysis of contemporary texts representing First Nation Australians has an important role to play. ![]() Given the degree of cultural investment in children’s and young adult literature it is important to work towards a landscape in which negative stereotypes give way to representations reflecting deeper inter-cultural understandings. These representations often conformed to and perpetuated negative stereotypes that have changed with the social and political landscape. Representations of First Nation Australian and Torres Strait Islanders (First Nation Australians) in children’s literature have gone through many changes since the first literature for children published in the late 1800s. Representation, Aboriginalism, Nanberry, Postcolonialism, Clare Bradford, Melissa Lucashenko Abstract ![]()
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