In the novel Deadly Unna?, Phillip Gwynne uses the game of Australian Rules football (AFL) and his main character to explore the discourse of racism in a small South Australian coastal community. Through Gary Black (Blacky), the narrator, the reader becomes aware of the town's racist ideology, its marginalisation of the Nunga community and is positioned to reject the racist views of the town.
From the first, the narrator, Blacky informs the reader that there are two groups who play the game of AFL; the Nungas (Aborigines) who come from the Peninsula and the Goonyas (white people) are Port residents. The game of AFL is the only means through which two groups are brought together and highlights the marginalisation of the Nunga community who, apart from the AFL games, only come into town to buy produce from Arks's shop. Consequently, the interaction between the two groups is minimal. The author positions the reader to see the division in a number of incidents involving the two......
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