An Anthropological and Literary Study of Two Australian Aboriginal Women's Life Histories : the Impacts of Enforced Child Removal and Policies of Assimilation.

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 pali...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Westphalen, Linda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.
Temas:
Women, Aboriginal Australian > Australia > Correspondence.
Women, Aboriginal Australian > Government policy > Australia.
Stolen generations (Australia)
Assimilation (Sociology) > Australia.
Australiennes (Aborigènes) > Australie > Correspondance.
Australiennes (Aborigènes) > Politique gouvernementale > Australie.
Générations volées (Australie)
Assimilation (Sociologie) > Australie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Assimilation (Sociology)
Women, Aboriginal Australian
Australia
Personal correspondence
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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