Giving This Country a Memory: Contemporary Aboriginal Voices of Australia

Giving This Country a Memory: Contemporary Aboriginal Voices of Australia
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Publisher : Cambria Press
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 1604979119
ISBN-13 : 9781604979114
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Giving This Country a Memory: Contemporary Aboriginal Voices of Australia by : Anne Brewster

Aboriginal literature is a growing field with a rapidly expanding global audience. The book represents a range of writers; it includes highly acclaimed Aboriginal writers whose works are widely recognised (Kim Scott, Doris Pilkington Garimara, Melissa Lucashenko) and other writers whose works are on the ascendancy (Romaine Moreton and Jeanine Leane). This book contributes to the understanding of Aboriginal literature and of how these writers developed as writers. See www.cambriapress.com/books/9781604979114.cfm for reviews, author bio, and more book information on this Cambria Press publication. "This book is an essential resource for anyone with more than a passing interest in Aboriginal writing and Australian literature." - Philip Morrissey, Head of Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne

Our Story

Our Story
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Publisher : Anchor Canada
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9780385672832
ISBN-13 : 0385672837
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Our Story by :

Inspired by history, Our Story is a beautifully illustrated collection of original stories from some of Canada’s most celebrated Aboriginal writers. Asked to explore seminal moments in Canadian history from an Aboriginal perspective, these ten acclaimed authors have travelled through our country’s past to discover the moments that shaped our nation and its people. Drawing on their skills as gifted storytellers and the unique perspectives their heritage affords, the contributors to this collection offer wonderfully imaginative accounts of what it’s like to participate in history. From a tale of Viking raiders to a story set during the Oka crisis, the authors tackle a wide range of issues and events, taking us into the unknown, while also bringing the familiar into sharper focus. Our Story brings together an impressive array of voices—Inuk, Cherokee, Ojibway, Cree, and Salish to name just a few—from across the country and across the spectrum of First Nations. These are the novelists, playwrights, journalists, activists, and artists whose work is both Aboriginal and uniquely Canadian. Brought together to explore and articulate their peoples’ experience of our country’s shared history, these authors’ grace, insight, and humour help all Canadians understand the forces and experiences that have made us who we are. Maria Campbell • Tantoo Cardinal • Tomson Highway • Drew Hayden Taylor • Basil Johnston • Thomas King • Brian Maracle • Lee Maracle • Jovette Marchessault • Rachel Qitsualik

Aboriginal Voices and the Politics of Representation in Canadian Introductory Sociology Textbooks

Aboriginal Voices and the Politics of Representation in Canadian Introductory Sociology Textbooks
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Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9781551302485
ISBN-13 : 1551302489
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Aboriginal Voices and the Politics of Representation in Canadian Introductory Sociology Textbooks by : John Steckley

The philosophical underpinnings of this textbook make it a most interesting read for scholars of Aboriginal Studies, the social sciences, humanities and cultural studies and humanistic curriculum development. John Steckley's familiarity with and respect for the epistemology of the Huron, Mohawk and Ojibwa peoples enlightens and enables his research. In this book, he provides a critical framework for assessing Aboriginal content in introductory sociology textbooks. He defines what is missing from the seventy-seven texts included in his study of the manifestation of cultural hegemony in Canadian sociology textbooks. This critique is suitable for students and professors of sociology, as Dr. Steckley addresses the impact of the ellipses from the textbooks they have traditionally used.

Indigenous Legal Judgments

Indigenous Legal Judgments
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9781000401240
ISBN-13 : 1000401243
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Indigenous Legal Judgments by : Nicole Watson

This book is a collection of key legal decisions affecting Indigenous Australians, which have been re-imagined so as to be inclusive of Indigenous people’s stories, historical experience, perspectives and worldviews. In this groundbreaking work, Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars have collaborated to rewrite 16 key decisions. Spanning from 1889 to 2017, the judgments reflect the trajectory of Indigenous people’s engagements with Australian law. The collection includes decisions that laid the foundation for the wrongful application of terra nullius and the long disavowal of native title. Contributors have also challenged narrow judicial interpretations of native title, which have denied recognition to Indigenous people who suffered the prolonged impacts of dispossession. Exciting new voices have reclaimed Australian law to deliver justice to the Stolen Generations and to families who have experienced institutional and police racism. Contributors have shown how judicial officers can use their power to challenge systemic racism and tell the stories of Indigenous people who have been dehumanised by the criminal justice system. The new judgments are characterised by intersectional perspectives which draw on postcolonial, critical race and whiteness theories. Several scholars have chosen to operate within the parameters of legal doctrine. Some have imagined new truth-telling forums, highlighting the strength and creative resistance of Indigenous people to oppression and exclusion. Others have rejected the possibility that the legal system, which has been integral to settler-colonialism, can ever deliver meaningful justice to Indigenous people.

Aboriginal Voices

Aboriginal Voices
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 306
Release :
ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106016301399
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

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The Indigenous Voice in World Politics

The Indigenous Voice in World Politics
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 265
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780803953352
ISBN-13 : 0803953356
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis The Indigenous Voice in World Politics by : Franke Wilmer

The author examines how indigenous activists are cultivating international support for a programme of self-determination and legal protection, as well as how the indigenous voice in world politics is transforming civic discourse within the international community. With the United Nations designating 1993 as the `Year of Indigenous Peoples', this book could not be more timely.

Giving this Country a Memory: Contemporary Aboriginal Voices of Australia

Giving this Country a Memory: Contemporary Aboriginal Voices of Australia
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Publisher : Cambria Press
Total Pages : 302
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781621967170
ISBN-13 : 1621967174
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Giving this Country a Memory: Contemporary Aboriginal Voices of Australia by : Anne Brewster

Aboriginal literature is a growing field with a rapidly expanding global audience. The book represents a range of writers; it includes highly acclaimed Aboriginal writers whose works are widely recognised (Kim Scott, Doris Pilkington Garimara, Melissa Lucashenko) and other writers whose works are on the ascendancy (Romaine Moreton and Jeanine Leane). This book contributes to the understanding of Aboriginal literature and of how these writers developed as writers. See www.cambriapress.com/books/9781604979114.cfm for reviews, author bio, and more book information on this Cambria Press publication. "This book is an essential resource for anyone with more than a passing interest in Aboriginal writing and Australian literature." - Philip Morrissey, Head of Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne

Aboriginal Voices

Aboriginal Voices
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Publisher : Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
Total Pages : 176
Release :
ISBN-10 : UOM:39015029153197
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Aboriginal Voices by : Per K. Brask

With play scripts, essays, and interviews, this collection explores the character and purpose of northern theater groups in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Lappland and northern Russia.

Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision

Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision
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Publisher : UBC Press
Total Pages : 345
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ISBN-10 : 9780774842471
ISBN-13 : 0774842474
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision by : Marie Battiste

The essays in Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision spring from an International Summer Institute held in 1996 on the cultural restoration of oppressed Indigenous peoples. The contributors, primarily Indigenous, unravel the processes of colonization that enfolded modern society and resulted in the oppression of Indigenous peoples.

Dawnland Voices

Dawnland Voices
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 717
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ISBN-10 : 9780803256798
ISBN-13 : 0803256795
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Dawnland Voices by : Siobhan Senier

Dawnland Voices calls attention to the little-known but extraordinarily rich literary traditions of New England’s Native Americans. This pathbreaking anthology includes both classic and contemporary literary works from ten New England indigenous nations: the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Mohegan, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Schaghticoke, and Wampanoag. Through literary collaboration and recovery, Siobhan Senier and Native tribal historians and scholars have crafted a unique volume covering a variety of genres and historical periods. From the earliest petroglyphs and petitions to contemporary stories and hip-hop poetry, this volume highlights the diversity and strength of New England Native literary traditions. Dawnland Voices introduces readers to the compelling and unique literary heritage in New England, banishing the misconception that “real” Indians and their traditions vanished from that region centuries ago.