| ISBN |
9781922059772 |
| Author |
Beckett, Jeremy (author) |
| Title |
Encounters with indigeneity : writing about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples / Jeremy Beckett. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2014. |
| ©2014 |
| Description |
246 pages : maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
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. |
| Summary |
In this valuable collection renowned Australian scholar, Professor Jeremy Beckett, draws together some of his best writing from the 1970s to the present. The collection distills 50 years of history, blending cultural analysis with narrative in two regions of Australia. Dr Melinda Hinkson, ANU. |
| Subjects |
Aboriginal Australians -- History |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- History |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Social conditions |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Social life and customs |
| Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Australia |
| Indigenous peoples -- Australia -- Land tenure |
| Call number |
305.89915 BEC |
