Made to Matter

'Probyn-Rapsey provides a nuanced typology of these men, which also provides the structure for her book ... Probyn-Rapsey's book presents an interesting account of white fathers and presents a useful typology to begin to understand the complex spaces that exist between racial categories produced by colonialism.' -- Shannyn Palmer * Journal of Australian Studies * 'what this book does is make these white men matter. Yes, by making them into the matter of a book, but also figuratively, by making these men important, validating their stories by telling them without enough antidote. The typology is a worthwhile project.' -- Brenda Machosky * Antipodes * 'This is an important book which casts light on the 'open secret', the depth of the white fathers' abuse of children discarded and handed over to a cruel dormitory system bereft of comfort and kinship.' -- Frances Devlin-Glass * The Australasian Journal of Irish Studies * 'In openly analysing the 'Great Australian silence' and 'cults of disremembering' that surround sexual intimacy between white Australians and Aboriginal people, Made to Matter breaches the uncomfortable reality of colonial history.' -- Valerie Cooms * Cultural Studies Review * 'It is rare to come across studies of important themes in the context of a national culture, such as the Australian, and think, why has this not been examined properly before? Fiona Probyn-Rapsey's Made to Matter. White Fathers, Stolen Generations represents such a study ... Made to Matter is an important book not least because it draws attention to an overlooked aspect of twentieth-century outback contact-zone history.' -- Lars Jensen * Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia (JEASA), Vol.6 No.1, 2015. *