Indigenous biography and autobiography / editors: Peter Read, Frances Peters-Little and Anna Haebich.
"Aboriginal, Maori, Dalit and western scholars discuss and analyse the difficulties they have faced in writing Indigenous biographies and autobiographies. The issues range from balancing the demands of western and non-western scholarship, through writing about a family that refuses to acknowled...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Acton, A.C.T. :
ANU E Press,
[2008]
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| Series: | Aboriginal history monograph series ;
17. |
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | "Aboriginal, Maori, Dalit and western scholars discuss and analyse the difficulties they have faced in writing Indigenous biographies and autobiographies. The issues range from balancing the demands of western and non-western scholarship, through writing about a family that refuses to acknowledge its identity, to considering a community demand not to write anything at all. The collection also presents some state-of-the-art issues in teaching Indigenous Studies based on auto/biography in Austria, Spain and Italy" -- back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 180 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1921536357 9781921536359 1921536349 9781921536342 |