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Hinkson Melinda |
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Remembering the future : warlpiri life through the prism of drawing / / Melinda Hinkson ; cover design by Christine Bruderlin |
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : , : Aboriginal Studies Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Warlpiri (Australian people) - Social conditions |
Warlpiri (Australian people) - Social life and customs |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Note on names and orthography; Introduction Clearing the ground; Interlude I Regarding Nangala; Chapter 1 Locating the Warlpiri drawings; Interlude II Olive Pink's picnic; Chapter 2 Seeing the Warlpiri; Chapter 3 The superintendent's window; Interlude III The road to Hooker Creek; Chapter 4 Back to Yarripirlangu; Interlude IV Remembering Mervyn Meggitt (1924-2004); Chapter 5 Trees at Hooker Creek; Chapter 6 Remembering the future; Warlpiri drawings collected by Mervyn Meggitt, Hooker Creek 1953-54.; Notes; References; General Index |
Artists' Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In a lucid style, Remembering the Future tracks the return of the indigenous Australian Warlpiri peoples to communities and their important collection of drawings, six decades after they were made. Discussions with many people, journeys to places, and archival research build a compelling account of the colonial and contemporary circumstances of Warlpiri lives. Crayon drawings collected by anthropologists provide an illuminating prism through which to explore how the Warlpiri people of central Australia have seen their place in the world and have been seen by others. Driven by speculative enqui |
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