'The (Hydro)power Relations within Nation and Region, and the (de)formation of Identity in the case of Richard Flanagan'

This paper addresses overt and covert forms of violence and the suppression of dissent at the level of Region and Nation (Tasmania and India) as portrayed in literature and popular culture, and the subsequent '(de)formation of Identity in the case of Richard Flanagan.' The paper is primarily descriptive rather than analytic; and its approach is biocritical in its use of texts to comment on history and on the biography of the author.