Writing Never Arrives Naked Early Aboriginal Cultures of Writing in Australia |
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Author:
| van Toorn, Penny |
ISBN: | 978-0-85575-544-7 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2006 |
Publisher: | Aboriginal Studies Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $39.95AUD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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This enthralling new history of Aboriginal writing challenges conventional beliefs about how and when Indigenous authorship began. This book deals with real stories of how Indigenous Australians used writing and reading to negotiate a changing world, to challenge their oppressors, to preserve country and kin.
This enthralling new history of Aboriginal writing challenges conventional beliefs about how and when Indigenous authorship began. This book deals with real stories of how Indigenous Australians used writing and reading to negotiate a changing world, to challenge their oppressors, to preserve country and kin.