AustLit
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Talkin' Up to the White Woman : Aboriginal Women and Feminism
St Lucia
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University of Queensland Press
,
2000
Z1009223
2000
single work
criticism
(taught in 8 units)
In this important and beautifully written book, Aileen Moreton-Robinson gives us a compelling analysis of white Australian feminism seen through Indigenous Australian women's eyes. She unpacks the unspoken normative subject of feminism as white middle-class woman, where whitemess marks their position of power and privilege vis-a-vis Indigenous women, and where silence about whitemess sustains the exercise of that power. And she examines the consequences of practices for Indigenous women and White women.' (Source: Preface, Talkin' Up to the White Women, 2000)
Degrees
Description
Through lectures and tutorials presented by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous women, both students and lecturers explore historical and contemporary issues identified as relevant by Aboriginal women. A major theme running through this course is to compare, contrast and critically analyse mainstream representations of Aboriginal women with the words and knowledges of Aboriginal women themselves.
Assessment
Weekly journal; tutorial presentation; annotated bibliography; essay plan; essay.
Other Details
Offered in:
2011, 2009
Current Campus:
St Lucia
Levels:
Undergraduate
