Explains how literary sources can help students understand the culture of other countries and give them insights into their own personalities and society. Describes an unbalanced American history course to indicate how bias can influence views of history and culture. ( Author/DB)

Cultural freedom involves the ability to recognize and participate imaginatively in the exploration of one's own environment for the sake of one's self and one's people and the ability to transcend that environment and speak to all people. Australian artists, writers, poets, music, and oral literature are discussed. (RM)