Cultural Immersion, or Imitation?

The Authenticity Hoax was excerpted in the NZ Herald this weekend. I really like that they chose a passage from Chapter 7. It's actually my favourite chapter in the book, and the one that has gone almost completely ignored by reviewers and interviewers. It was also accompanied by a very thoughtful essay by Jim Eagles.

I'm actually not surprised that it was a NZ outlet that picked up on this chapter, given the heavy (and largely salutory) emotional and political investment in aboriginal culture and symbolism down there.