| ISBN |
9780702249686 (hardback) |
| Author |
Moss, Rod, 1948- (author) |
| Title |
One thousand cuts : life and art in central Australia / Rod Moss. |
| Other title |
1000 cuts : life and art in central Australia |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2013. |
| ©2013. |
| Description |
x, 251 pages : illustrations (some colour), map, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Parts of this book have been previously published, in earlier forms, in Arena, Overland, Meanjin and Barking Dogs. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Stone Slingers -- A New Caterpillar -- And So My Dreams -- Noughts and Crosses -- Apology -- Where Art and Life Collide -- Race Day -- Farewell Magdalene -- Blood in the Ground -- Healing Trip -- Whiteman, You are Surrounded. |
| Summary |
Thirty years ago Rod Moss made his home in the stark beauty of Australia's Centre. Since then, his place in Alice Springs and the traditional lands of the Arrernte has been deepened by his enduring intimacy with the families of Whitegate camp on the town's eastern fringe. In this frank and powerful illustrated memoir, Moss gently uncovers the places where his own family and art intersect with the lives of those in the Whitegate mob. The closely connected Hayes, Johnson, Ryder and Neil families consider Moss one of their own and, through them, Moss shows us the majesty of the land, the necessity of story, the intensity of kin, the madness of violence, the tenderness of friendship, and the rhythm of grief. One Thousand Cuts continues where Moss's highly acclaimed first book, The Hard Light of Day, left off - this time in pictures as much as words. Through Moss's moving stories and his stunning paintings and photographs, we share in and celebrate his everyday life with the Whitegate mob, including their fight for a standard of living that is basic to most Australians. |
| Subjects |
Moss, Rod, -- 1948- |
| Neil, Xavier, -- 1959-2013 |
| Hayes family |
| Neil family |
| Hayes, Lawrence |
| Hayes, Felicity |
| Hayes, Adrian |
| Hayes, Patrick |
| Hayes, Eva |
| Johnson, Jude |
| Johnson, Aubrey |
| Johnson, Peter Clarey |
| Coulthard, Rodney |
| Stewart, Michael |
| Webb, Ronnie |
| Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory |
| Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs |
| Aranda (Australian people) |
| Artists -- Northern Territory -- Biography |
| Artists -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs |
| Whitegate Camp (Alice Springs South Central NT SF53-14) |
| Call number |
2018.556 |
