Booze and gunshots in a hot dry summer: an African childhood [Book review]

Gehrmann, Richard (2006) Booze and gunshots in a hot dry summer: an African childhood [Book review]. Coppertales: A Journal of Rural Arts (10). pp. 92-94. ISSN 1321-1021

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Abstract

Review of Alexandra Fuller's 2003 publication, Don't lets go to the dogs tonight, London, Random House. Fuller's account of her childhood, growing up in Rhodesia – now Zimbabwe fits into the field of coming-of-age and development of identity memoir, yet is also situated in the genre of postindependence White identity novels, notably those of Peter Godwin (Mukiwa, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun), Douglas Rogers (The Last Resort) and Lauren St John (Rainbow's End). While set in white dominated southern Africa, Fuller's account contains disturbingly familiar echoes to mainstream Australian culture and racial attitudes.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	No
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for the purposes of study, research, or review, but is subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. Book: Fuller, Alexandra (2003) Don't let's go to the dogs tonight.
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Arts - Department of Humanities and International Studies (Up to 31 Mar 2011)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Arts - Department of Humanities and International Studies (Up to 31 Mar 2011)
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2012 23:43
Last Modified:	12 Mar 2015 00:10
Uncontrolled Keywords:	whiteness; ethnic identity; white Africans; Zimbabwe; When a Crocodile Eats the Sun; Peter Godwin; Alexandra Fuller
Fields of Research (2008):	19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing > 1999 Other Studies in Creative Arts and Writing > 199999 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing not elsewhere classified 21 History and Archaeology > 2103 Historical Studies > 210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2005 Literary Studies > 200526 Stylistics and Textual Analysis
Fields of Research (2020):	36 CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING > 3699 Other creative arts and writing > 369999 Other creative arts and writing not elsewhere classified 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430399 Historical studies not elsewhere classified 47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4705 Literary studies > 470530 Stylistics and textual analysis
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	C Society > 95 Cultural Understanding > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950501 Understanding Africa's Past E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/21838

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