ISBN |
9781925360509 (pbk.) |
Classification Number |
A824.4 USW |
Title |
Us women, our ways, our world [BK] |
Physical Description |
black and white illustrations, maps, portraits ; |
Contents |
Introduction / Darlene Oxenham and Jill Milroy -- Separated in 1944 / Mary Terszak -- Wind spirit: Nanna's legacy / Cheryl Kickett-Tucker and Shirley Harris -- Desperately seeking Emily / Tjalaminu Mia -- Truth and consequence / Mary-Ann Bin Sallik -- Aboriginal women and leadership: up close and personal / Joan Winch -- "Will the real me please stand up?" / Jeannie Herbert -- The creators of the future: women, law and telling stories in country / Ambelin Kwaymullina -- Mothers of sin : Indigenous women's perceptions of their identiry and gender / Pat Dudgeon -- Standing our ground and telling the one true story / Irene Watson -- Indigenous voices: positioning ourselves in the contested space of Indigenous and western intellectual traditions / Nerida Blair -- How to (not) define Aboriginal lesbian identity / Sandy O'Sullivan -- Interrogating gender: what's race and class got to do with it? / Dawn Bessarab -- "Are you one of those throw backs?" : the invisibility of a fair-complexioned Aboriginal woman / Lyn Henderson-Yates -- As black women do: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's resilience / Vanessa Lee. |
A collection of writings on women and Aboriginal identity from 14 senior Indigenous academics and community leaders. The collection engages with questions such as: What makes Aboriginal women strong? Why are grandmothers so important (even ones never met)? How is the connection to country different for Aboriginal people compared to non-Aboriginal people's love of nature or sense of belonging to an area? What is Aboriginal spirituality? These writings are generous, inclusive and considerate of the non-Aboriginal reader's feelings. They are hopeful for the future, with an emphasis on acknowledging, joining, collaborating and caring. From the Introduction: “The value that Aboriginal women place on relationships emanates throughout the book.”--Publisher's website. |
Terszak, Mary, -- 1942- |
Harris, Shirley |
Harris, Kathleen, -- 1910-1960 |
Harris, Lyndon Charles, -- born 1907 |
Kickett-Tucker, Cheryl |
Mia, Tjalaminu |
Dixon, Beryl |
Farmer, Emily, -- 1857-1952 |
Bin Sallik, Mary-Ann, -- 1940- |
Winch, Marie Joan, -- 1935- |
Herbert, Jeannie, -- 1943- |
Kwaymullina, Ambelin |
Dudgeon, Patricia |
Subject |
Sister Kate's Children's Home (W.A.) |
Aboriginal Australian women college teachers |
Child welfare - Child / parent separation |
History - Genealogy and family history |
Occupations - Managers and executives |
Education - Tertiary - Staff |
Social identity |
Homosexuality |
Gender relations - Feminism |
Literature and stories - Poetry |
Colonisation |
Noongar / Nyungar / Nyungah people (W41) (WA SI50) |
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Family relationships |
Essays |
Australian essays -- Women authors |
Aboriginal Australian authors |
Social conditions |
Additional Author |
Dudgeon, Patricia |
Herbert, Jeannie |
Milroy, Jill |
Oxenham, Darlene |