Encounters with indigeneity : writing about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Beckett, Jeremy2014
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Author:
Beckett, Jeremy, author
Imprint:
Canberra, A : Aboriginal Studies, 2014.
Collation:
xxv, 246 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. George Dutton's country : portrait of an Aboriginal drover -- 2. Walter Newton's history of the world - or Australia -- 3. Aboriginal histories, Aboriginal myths : an introduction -- 4. Autobiography and testimonial discourse in Myles Lalor's 'Oral history' -- 5. The Torres Strait Islanders and the pearling industry : a case of internal colonialism -- 6. Rivalry, competition and conflict among Christian Melanesians -- 7. Mission, church and sect : three types of religious commitment in the Torres Strait Islands -- 8. "Knowing how to talk to white people" : Torres Strait Islanders and the politics of representation -- 9. The Murray Island land case -- 10. Aboriginality, citizenship and nation-state -- 11. Contested images : perspectives on the indigenous terrain in the late twentieth century.
ISBN:
9781922059772
Dewey class:
305.89915
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
243455
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous | 305.89915 BEC | Available |