Introduction 1
Chapter1 Dreaming as Religious Identity 45
1.1 Dreaming as Identity Construction in Mudrooroo's Wild Cat Falling 52
1.2 Dreaming as Identity Resistance in Mudrooroo's Wild Cat Falling 77
1.3 Hybrid Identity of Dreaming,Buddhism and Existentialism 92
1.4 Chapter Summary 132
Chapter2 Bio-Writing as Gender Identity 138
2.1 Root-Seeking as Women Identification in Sally Morgan's My Place 155
2.2 Counter-Memory to Locate the Gender Identity 165
2.3 Hybridized Gender Identity 193
2.4 Chapter Summary 204
Chapter3 Native Title as Political Identity 207
3.1 Land as Identity Symbol in Alexis Wright's Carpentaria 217
3.2 Native Title:from Discourse Struggle to Political Struggle 249
3.3 Chapter Summary 263
Conclusion 275
Bibliography 283
Appendix1 “Aboriginal Charter of Rights” 304
Appendix2 An Index of Criticism of Australian Aboriginal 306
Literature 306
Notes 329