Episode 4
A concept that can be both deeply personal and highly political is the focus of this Essay. Writer Madeleine Bunting reflects on the new meaning 鈥榟omeland鈥� took on after 9/11.
The writer and journalist Madeleine Bunting continues her series with an exploration of a concept that can be both deeply personal and highly political. She reflects on the dramatic new significance 鈥榟omeland鈥� took on in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in New York, when President George W Bush created the Department of 主播大秀land Security. And she offers some fascinating glimpses of how indigenous Australians treat their homeland in a way which turns western perceptions of the idea on their head.
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