Sex and Savagery in the Good Colony: South Australia 1836-1901
Wakefield Press, $49.95 pb, 514 pp
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Red flags
With a title that grabs the attention of readers and a subject deserving of a wide readership, I eagerly awaited Julie Marcus’s Sex and Savagery in the Good Colony: South Australia 1836-1901. As an anthropologist who specialises in depictions of race, gender, and sexuality, Marcus is well placed to survey the historical sources and provide fresh insights into early cross-cultural relations, frontier violence, the mistreatment of Aboriginal women, as well as the enduring impacts of colonialism in South Australia. Unfortunately, red flags appeared in short succession.
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Sex and Savagery in the Good Colony: South Australia 1836-1901
by Julie Marcus
Wakefield Press, $49.95 pb, 514 pp
ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.
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