An Anthropological and Literary Study of Two Australian Aboriginal Women's Life Histories : the Impacts of Enforced Child Removal and Policies of Assimilation.

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Author / Creator:	Westphalen, Linda.
Imprint:	Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (478 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Correspondence. Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Government policy -- Australia. Stolen generations (Australia) Assimilation (Sociology) -- Australia. Assimilation (Sociology) Stolen generations (Australia) Women, Aboriginal Australian. Australia. Electronic books. Personal correspondence.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11132079

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ISBN:	9780773421424 0773421424 9780177341595 0177341599 0773415939 9780773415935
Notes:	Author IndexSubject Index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-420) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book examines life history writing by Australian Aboriginal women in the context of ongoing negotiations about one's status and claims to country. It uses a methodological combination of literary analysis, history and anthropology to draw out the distinctive cultural heritages held in palimpsest within texts.
Other form:	Print version: Westphalen, Linda. An Anthropological and Literary Study of Two Australian Aboriginal Women's Life Histories : The Impacts of Enforced Child Removal and Policies of Assimilation. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2011 9780773415935

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