| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file EPUB 6.7MB |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Access |
National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library of Queensland Online access with authorization. AU-CaNED |
| Summary |
A ground-breaking work - and a call to arms - that exposes the ongoing colonial violence experienced by First Nations people.In this collection of deeply insightful and powerful essays, Chelsea Watego examines the ongoing and daily racism faced by First Nations peoples in so-called Australia. Rather than offer yet another account of 'the Aboriginal problem', she theorises a strategy for living in a social world that has only ever imagined Indigenous peoples as destined to die out. Drawing on her own experiences and observations of the operations of the colony, she exposes the lies that settlers tell about Indigenous people. In refusing such stories, Chelsea tells her own: fierce, personal, sometimes funny, sometimes anguished. She speaks not of fighting back but of standing her ground against colonialism in academia, in court, and in media. It's a stance that takes its toll on relationships, career prospects, and even the body. Yet when told to have hope, Watego's response rings clear: Fuck hope. Be sovereign. |
| Contents |
1. don't feed the natives -- 2. animals, cannibals and criminals -- 3. the unpublishable story -- 4. on racial violence, victims and victors -- 5. ambiguously indigenous -- 6. fuck hope -- a final word ... on joy -- endnotes -- note on cover artwork -- the songs that brought joy while writing this book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Awards |
Queensland Literary Awards: Winner The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award 2022. |
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Queensland Literary Awards: Finalist Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance 2022. |
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Queensland Literary Awards: Finalist The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award 2022. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Terms Of Use |
Culturally sensitive. AU-CaNED |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Biography.
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Aboriginal Australians. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Australia. |
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Queensland. |
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Aboriginal Australians -- Violence against -- Australia -- Queensland.
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Australian South Sea Islanders -- Biography.
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Colonization -- Australia.
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Colonization. |
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. |
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780702264870 electronic book |
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0702264873 electronic book |
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9780702264863 electronic book |
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0702264865 electronic book |
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