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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782694703321

Autore

Atkinson Judy

Titolo

Trauma trails, recreating song lines : the transgenerational effects of trauma in Indigenous Australia / / Judy Atkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

North Melbourne : , : Spinifex Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-74219-473-7

1-74219-210-6

1-74219-208-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 327 pages)

Disciplina

305.89/915

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Psychology

Aboriginal Australians - Crimes against

Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions

Spiritual healing - Australia

Wounds and injuries - Psychological aspects

Violence - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-308) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue Great-grandmother' s Gift -- Chapter One: Dadirri: Listening to one another -- Chapter Two: Song Lines and Trauma Trails -- Chapter Three: We Al-li: A program of healing -- Chapter Four: The Way of the Human Being I: The trauma story -- Chapter Five: The Way of the Human Being II: The healing story -- Chapter Six: To Unite Hearts and Establish Order; Epilogue Healing Dreaming.

Sommario/riassunto

Taking readers into the depths of sadness and despair and into the heights of celebration and hope, this disturbing account details the trauma suffered by Australia's indigenous people and the resultant "trauma trails" spread throughout the country.