Alice Springs [[electronic resource] /] / Eleanor Hogan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910668887503321
• Autore: Hogan Eleanor
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sydney, : New South, 2012
• ISBN: 1-74224-601-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Collana: The City Series
• Disciplina: 305.89; 305.89915094291; 994.291
• Soggetti: Indigenous peoples - Australia - Alice Springs (N.T.); Alice Springs (N.T.) Social life and customs
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Uterne mpepe; 1. The topography of the Centre; Alhwerrpe urle; 2. The Gap; 3. 'You make me sick, anyway'; 4. The Matilda; Alhwerrpe mpepe; 5. 'Was that a true story? '; 6. Mukata, mukata; Urlpme-urlpme; 7. Desert roses; 8. Another world; 9. The Shelter; Uterne urle; 10. Real black magic; 11. The exhibition; 12. 'Instead of thinking bad'; Uterne akngerre anthurre re; 13. The big heat; Acknowledgments
• Sommario/riassunto: personal, evocative, and unflinching account, this book reveals the texture of everyday life in Alice Springs, Australia, through the passage of the local seasons. Alice Springs, the most talked about yet least familiar place in Australia, is isolated and has extreme seasonal weather: searingly hot and bitterly cold. It is the heart of black Australia and the headquarters of the controversial Northern Territory Intervention. Questioning why frontier conflicts still hold sway in a place possessing a striking landscape and modern facilities, it will appeal to locals and visitors alike.