An Anthropological and Literary Study of Two Australian Aboriginal Women's Life Histories : the Impacts of Enforced Child Removal and Policies of Assimilation.
Westphalen, Linda.
An Anthropological and Literary Study of Two Australian Aboriginal Women's Life Histories : the Impacts of Enforced Child Removal and Policies of Assimilation. - Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (478 pages)
Author IndexSubject Index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-420) and index.
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.
9780773421424 (electronic bk.) 0773421424 (electronic bk.)
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)
Stolen generations (Australia)
Women, Aboriginal Australian.
Australia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Personal correspondence.
GN666
305.4889915
An Anthropological and Literary Study of Two Australian Aboriginal Women's Life Histories : the Impacts of Enforced Child Removal and Policies of Assimilation. - Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (478 pages)
Author IndexSubject Index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-420) and index.
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.
9780773421424 (electronic bk.) 0773421424 (electronic bk.)
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)
Stolen generations (Australia)
Women, Aboriginal Australian.
Australia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Personal correspondence.
GN666
305.4889915