This book will interest historians of education for at least three reasons. Yet it also explains why history has been a source of sometimes bitter disputes. This collection of essays is designed to help anyone wanting to write histories that capture the imagination and challenge the intellect. Can we ever know that a historical narrative is giving us a true account of what actually happened. John docker the relationship between history and fiction has always been a controversial one. She has written on a wide variety of topics in australian history, including indigenous history, chinese immigration, women and work, television and journalism. Ann curthoys in 1965 curthoys was born in sydney, new south wales, on 5 september 1945, and completed her undergraduate degree at the university of sydney. Curthoys, a 2005, feminism, in t bennett, l grossberg and m morris ed.
Ann curthoys professor of history at the university of sydney, australia. Kindle books kindle unlimited prime reading bestsellers kindle daily deal kindle monthly deals free kindle reading apps buy a kindle content and devices kindle support. Explore books by ann curthoys with our selection at. She writes about many aspects of australian history, including aboriginaleuropean relations, chinese in colonial australia, media history, transnational history, feminism, and genocide, as well as about the theory and practice of historical writing.
Books by ann curthoys author of is history fiction. Ann curthoys is manning clark professor of history at the australian national university. Ann curthoys has 26 books on goodreads with 780 ratings. Jul 20, 2017 history at war referred to anne curthoys and john dockers description of history wars in is history fiction. Historians insist that what they write is not fiction, as it must retain a fidelity to the available historical sources, those residues from the past we have inherited in the form of documents, images, memories, stories, rituals, material objects, landscapes, and recorded sounds.
Provocative and fascinating, this book is an original and insightful examination of the ways in which history isand might bewritten. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases whole foods todays. Ann curthoyss most popular book is archive stories. There we trace the rise of the modern historical profession in the 1820s, with the work of german historian. Provocative and fascinating, this book is an original and. Ann curthoys is a historian who writes about australian history in a transnational and imperial frame and about questions of history, theory, and writing.
What did you do in the cold war daddy personal stories from. Search the catalogue for collection items held by the national library of australia. In addition to writing about historical theory and method, she has written about many facets of australian history, especially the relations between indigenous and nonindigenous peoples. Professor anne curthoys is one of the reasons why i love australian history.
Facts, fictions, and the writing of history ebook written by antoinette burton. She also writes about history and theory, and historical writing. Freedom ride, a freedom rider remembers by ann curthoys. Provocative and fascinating, this book is an original and insightful examination of the ways in. It traces historys divided nature, beginning with its founding figures, herodotus and thucydides, right up to the key figures of historical reflection, such as nietzsche, walter benjamin, hannah arendt, and hayden white. Buy freedom ride by ann curthoys 9781864489224 from boomerang books, australias online independent bookstore. It traces historys doubleness and divided nature, beginning with its founding figures, herodotus and thucydides, right up to the key figures of historical reflection, such as friedrich nietzsche, benedetto croce, walter benjamin, hannah arendt, michel foucault and hayden white. While the content is not quite as controversial as its title suggests, is history fiction. The relationship between history and fiction has always been a controversial one. Ann curthoys is a wellknown historian and public intellectual. An original and insightful examination of the ways in which history is and might be written. Ann curthoys s most popular book is archive stories.
History at war referred to anne curthoys and john dockers description of history wars in is history fiction. The relationship between history and fiction has always been a c. How to write history that people want to read ann curthoys. In this second edition, curthoys and docker bring their history of history up to the present in their study. First, like the mainstream discipline, the history of education has suffered from an incursion of divergent ideologies.
More than a book of theory, this innovative work is an asset to the undergraduate classroom and the research. Yet in asking if history is fiction, we are also seeking to explore carrs question, what is history. Best sellers todays deals new releases customer service gift ideas books gift cards electronics home computers sell kindle books kindle unlimited prime reading bestsellers kindle daily deal kindle monthly deals free kindle reading apps buy a kindle content and devices kindle support. The following works consider the theory of writing, or explore literary devices and strategies which are used in historical writing.
In this second edition, curthoys and docker bring their history of history up to the present in their study of the history wars and new approaches to world history and environmental history. She has published many books, her most recent being freedom ride. Educated at the university of sydney and macquarie university, curthoys went on to teach history at a number of universities, including sydney university of technology and the australian national university, where she became the manning clark professor of history in 1996. What did you do in the cold war daddy personal stories.
In 1965, she took part in the freedom ride which highlighted racism against aboriginal australians in several towns. The relationship between history and fiction is a lively and troubled one. Ann curthoys is an australian academic and historian. When we look at the top 100 texts for that year, we see a similar pattern, but now of course there is a somewhat wider range of books, notably the emergence of the popularity of books of world history. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
It traces historys doubleness and divided nature, beginning with its. Ann curthoys commitment to aboriginal rights was developed on the freedom ride and has stayed with her ever since. The university of sydney ann curthoys history as a. Jun 17, 2011 ann curthoys professor of history at the university of sydney, australia. In this important and timely book, john docker and ann curthoys trace. An erudite, engaging and accessible book on the nature of historical thinking and writing. The authors explore the challenges posed by postmodernism to history and the literary conventions of most historical writing. In this important and timely book, john docker and ann curthoys trace the history of western historical writing, from the works of the classical greek historians herodotus and thucydides to the present day history wars that have polarised australian society. His numerous books include posmodernism and popular culture. Ann continues to write on questions of history, fiction, memory, and writing. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In a wonderful journey that starts with the classical greeks and travels through the centuries to more recent forms of history that are framed by marxism, postmodernism and feminism, john docker and ann curthoys find that history has a double character. In an effort to uncover the mystery of what it is that makes some histories fascinating and others rather dull, nine historians reflect here on their own practice as writers.
John docker is a wellknown literary and cultural critic. The boundaries of history and fiction sage research methods. She has written on many aspects of australian history, including aboriginal policy, immigration, feminism, journalism, television, and the cold war. It traces historys doubleness and divided nature, the relationship between history and fiction has always been a controversial one. Curthoys married john docker in 1971, they have one son. I feel very lucky that i took her course history and theory at the australian national university. Ann curthoys john docker the relationship between history and fiction is a lively and troubled one. Ann curthoys, the author of this book, was one of the passengers. Is history fiction 2nd edition by ann curthoys, john docker. Provocative and fascinating, this book is an original and insight. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read archive stories. In addition to many essays and coedited essay collections on topics ranging from womens historical writing to the cold war, her books include for and against feminism 1988. Ann is also working on a study of paul robesons visit to australia in 1960, a spinoff from her earlier book on race relations in australia in the 1960s, namely freedom ride. Imagination and narration, edited by curthoys, ann.
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