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1 online resource |
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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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Culturally sensitive. AU-CaNED |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 02, 2022) |
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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 |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Biography
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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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Race relations - Reconciliation
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Politics and Government - Political action - Activism
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Colonisation - Ethical issues
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Settlement and contacts - Colonisation
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Aboriginal Australians
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions
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Queensland
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780702264870 |
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0702264873 |
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9780702264863 |
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0702264865 |
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