Anthropological and Literary Study of Two Australian Aboriginal Women's Life Histories : the Impacts of Enforced Child Removal and Policies of Assimilation, An
Assimilation (Sociology) Stolen generations (Australia) Women, Aboriginal Australian Aboriginal Australians Social Science sähkökirjat
Edwin Mellen Press
2011
EISBN 9780773421424
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Abstract; Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Warning Notice; Section One; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Ethics: Knowing My Place; Section Two: Spaces That Speak; Chapter Three: Indigenous Autobiographical Writing, Dreaming and History; Section Three: Palimpsest; Chapter Four: Kangan Girl; Chapter Five: We All Find Our Way Home; Section Four: White Out?; Chapter Six: the Pelican and the Moore River Joke; Chapter Seven: First in My Class; Section Five: Ninginah! Stop!; Chapter Eight: Deadly Lives; Bibliography.
This book examines life history writing by Australian Aboriginal women in the context of ongoing negotiations about one's status and claims to country. It uses a methodological combination of literary analysis, history and anthropology to draw out the distinctive cultural heritages held in palimpsest within texts.
This book examines life history writing by Australian Aboriginal women in the context of ongoing negotiations about one's status and claims to country. It uses a methodological combination of literary analysis, history and anthropology to draw out the distinctive cultural heritages held in palimpsest within texts.
