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Comparative Indigenous Literature (EL351)
Semester 1 / 2010

Texts

Monkey Beach!$!Robinson, Eden!$! !$!!$!2000
Once Were Warriors!$! Duff, Alan!$! University of Queensland Press!$! 1994!$!
y separately published work icon Skins : Contemporary Indigenous Writing Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (editor), Josie Douglas (editor), Alice Springs : Jukurrpa Books , 2000 Z962796 2000 anthology short story (taught in 1 units)

'Drawing on a wide range of Indigenous cultures and artistic traditions from Canada, the United States, Australia and Aotearoa - New Zealand, skins is an exciting new addition to Indigenous literature in print. Among celebrated names like Maria Campbell (Halfbreed), Alootook Ipellie (Arctic Dreams and Nightmares), Sally Morgan (My Place), Patricia Grace (Potiki), Sherman Alexie (Smoke Signals), Linda Hogan (Seeing through the Sun and Mean Spirit), Thomas King (Green Grass, Running Water), Louise Erdrich (Tracks) and Witi Ihimaera (Bulibasha), Skins also presents some of the brightest emerging Indigenous talent from around the world. These writers have given us classic works and daring innovation; they are marking out new trails for the writers who will follow. And, as these pages show, they are producing some of the most inspiring beautiful and provocative writing anywhere.

y separately published work icon Swallow the Air Dust on Waterglass Tara June Winch , 2003 St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2006 Z1265164 2003 selected work short story (taught in 33 units)

Swallow the Air follows the life of 15-year-old May Gibson, an Aboriginal girl from New South Wales whose mother commits suicide. May and her brother go to live with their aunt, but eventually May travels further afield, first to Redfern's Block in Sydney, then to the Northern Territory, and finally into central New South Wales. She travels to escape, but also in pursuit of a sense of her own history, family, and identity.

The Whale Rider!$!Ihimaera, Witi!$! !$!!$!1987

Other Details

Offered in: 2009
Current Campus: Sydney
Levels: Undergraduate
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