Go Back to Where You Came From: Stunt Documentary, Conversion Narrative, and the Limits of Testimony on Australian Television

Janine Douglas; Pamela Graham

doi:10.1353/bio.2013.0000

Go Back to Where You Came From: Stunt Documentary, Conversion Narrative, and the Limits of Testimony on Australian Television

Janine Douglas, Pamela Graham

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The 2011 reality television series Go Back to Where You Came From used established narrative modes of stunt memoir, testimony, and conversion to start a public conversation about Australia's recent treatment of asylum seekers. This essay explores both the cultural possibilities and the pitfalls of the series' textually-hybrid approach.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	124-147
Number of pages	24
Journal	Biography-An Interdisciplinary Quarterly
Volume	36
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/bio.2013.0000
Publication status	Published - Dec 2013

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