Is homogeneity of cultures possible, nay advisable, in a heterogeneous world? The anthology aims to study the anger and angst of indigenous cultures while battling the so-called civilised forces of a materialistic society. The essays included in the anthology not only deal with accounts of such conflicts but a study of the literature born out of the after-effects of challenging the boundaries of civilisations and cultures. Comprising essays by stalwarts in the field of aboriginal studies such as Prof Bruce E. Johansen (University of Nebraska), Prof Mel Thomas (University of Western Australia), and Prof Anand Mahanand (EFLU, Hyderabad), the book is an attempt to bring together not only factual details of how indigenous cultures are eroded, but also the perils of such research, alongwith how those cultures have resisted the burgeoning globalising forces to protect, if not their culture in actuality at least, a memory of it through literature.
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