The Essay: Home Sweet Home

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The Essay: Home Sweet Home: Episode 4

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Home Sweet Home

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Madeleine Bunting considers the personal and political facets of a controversial concept.

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 ‘homeland’ 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 ‘homeland’ took on in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in New York, when President George W Bush created the Department of Homeland 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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Madeleine Bunting begins a new series examining the many dimensions of what we call home.

Writer Madeleine Bunting begins a new series examining the many dimensions of what we call home, from an Iron Age hut to the home button on our smartphones.

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