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Francesca Di Blasio Francesca Di Blasio i(A121338 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Italian
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1 Affective Narratology, Cultural Memory, and Aboriginal Culture in Kim Scott’s Taboo Francesca Di Blasio , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Rise of the Australian Neurohumanities : Conversations Between Neurocognitive Research and Australian Literature 2021;

'Indigenous literature has played a vital role in the reconstruction of Australia’s colonial and postcolonial history, contributing to the perspective of those who were dispossessed of their land and culture. The new century has also been generous with captivating voices that have continued and refigured the tradition, giving it new and inexhaustible political and poetic strength. This essay focusses on Kim Scott’s Taboo, a text which gives physical space, and its emotional and collective implications, a central value. This value is preserved in the following pages of the novel where the physicality of places and the materiality of objects have intrinsic emotional value, articulating a real narrative function, capable of catalyzing the forces at play in the text. The evocative vigour of the images endowed with this special ‘materiality’ becomes one of the significant features of the novel, and one of the bases for its poetic power in terms of empathy and healing.'

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1 We Are Going by Oodgeroo Noonuccal. Aboriginal Epos, Australian History, Universal Poetry Francesca Di Blasio , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Le Simplegadi , November no. 19 2019; 'The first collection of poetry by an Aboriginal author, Oodgeroo Noonuccal,
was published in 1964 by Jacaranda Press. We Are Going embodies key features
of Aboriginal literature and can be interpreted as an Aboriginal epos as
well as a document in Australian history. Individual stories often painfully
interface with the macro-history of white policies towards Indigenous people.
This poetical remembering of a recent and traumatic past becomes a form of
recovery from trauma itself, since Oodgeroo’s poetics preserve the memory
of a much older past, the one of pre-invasion Indigenous culture. This paper
aims at analysing Oodgeroo’s poems in this perspective, by focussing on both
their epical and historical features, while keeping in mind their specificity as
artistic, literary, and poetic texts. The experience of translating We Are Going
for its first Italian edition (Oodgeroo 2013) has been greatly instrumental in
coming to terms with the richness and significance of the poems.' (Publication summary)
2 White Australia i "Since God's good world began,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1962 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , Spring vol. 6 no. 4 1962; (p. 28) We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 34) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 17) Voices from Other Cultures 1975; (p. 160-161) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 16)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 234-235)
3 39 y separately published work icon We Are Going : Poems Kath Walker , 10030765 1962 selected work poetry
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 181-247)

This is the first collection of poems by Oodgeroo Noonuccal (originally published as Kath Walker).
5 16 We Are Going i "They came in to the little town", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 25) New Impulses in Australian Poetry 1968; (p. 125) The Sound of Poetry : An Anthology for Junior Secondary Students in Australia and New Zealand Schools 1968; (p. 90) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 74) The Penguin Book of Australian Verse 1972; (p. 319) The Land's Meaning 1973; (p. 22)
— Appears in: Australia Antologio 1988; (p. 326-327)
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Slovenes 1988 1988; (p. 83)
— Appears in: Mendorong Jack Kuntikunti : sepilihan sajak dari Australia 1991; (p. 66-69)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 216-217)
2 Gooboora, the Silent Pool i "Gooboora, Gooboora, the Water of Fear", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 29) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 71) Inside Black Australia : An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry 1988; (p. 97) Kiwi and Emu : An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by Australian and New Zealand Women 1989; (p. 170-171) Oodgeroo 1994; (p. 51) Concert of Voices : An Anthology of World Writing in English 1995; (p. 353)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 224-225)
2 1 Acacia Ridge i "White men, turn quickly the earth of Acacia Ridge,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 31) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 18) Joseph's Coat : An Anthology of Multicultural Writing 1985; (p. 192-193) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 17) The Sunday Mail , 20 May 2012; (p. 12)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 228-229)
2 2 Namatjira i "Aboriginal man, you walked with pride,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 15) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 64) Identity , July vol. 1 no. 7 1973; (p. 37) Joseph's Coat : An Anthology of Multicultural Writing 1985; (p. 192) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 61) The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009; (p. 201-202)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 196-197)
2 Freedom i "Brumby on the wide plain,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 24) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 82) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 79) Little Book of Dogs 2008; (p. 14-16) I Am Proud and Other Poems 2010; (p. 7)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 214-215)
2 1 United We Win i "The glare of a thousand years is shed on the black man's wistful face,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 27) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 75) Voices of Aboriginal Australia : Past, Present, Future 1996; (p. 288) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 72)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 220-221)
2 The Bunyip i "You keep quiet now, little fella,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 28) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 70) The Jindyworobaks 1979; (p. 297-298) Little Fella 1986; (p. 9-20) The Macquarie Bedtime Story Book 1987; (p. 178) Sin, Sweat and Sorrow : The Making of Capricornia Queensland 1840s - 1940s 1993; (p. 5)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 222-223)
2 The Dispossessed i "Peace was yours, Australian man, with tribal laws you made,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 16) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 65) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 62) Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 665)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 198-199)
2 2 A Song of Hope i "Look up, my people,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 40-41) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 40) Oodgeroo 1994; (p. 78) Voices of Aboriginal Australia : Past, Present, Future 1996; (p. 476-477) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 40-41) Koori Mail , 25 February no. 445 2009; (p. 25)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 246-247)
2 5 Aboriginal Charter of Rights i "We want hope, not racialism,", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1962 1962 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 9-10) The Realist , March no. 14 1964; (p. 7) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 36-37) Kunapipi , vol. 16 no. 1 1994; (p. 5) Oodgeroo 1994; (p. 64-65) Voices of Aboriginal Australia : Past, Present, Future 1996; (p. 62-63)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 184-187)
2 Intolerance i "When the white glug contemptuously", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 37) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 29) 200 Years of Australian Writing : An Anthology 1997; (p. 248) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 28)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 240-241)
2 2 White Man, Dark Man i "Abo man, we", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 19) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 27) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 26)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 204-205)
2 1 The Teachers i "Holy men, you came to preach:", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 17) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 26) The Jindyworobaks 1979; (p. 296) Oodgeroo 1994; (p. 49) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 23)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 200-201)
2 2 Stone Age i "White man, only time is between us.", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 23) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 21) Sin, Sweat and Sorrow : The Making of Capricornia Queensland 1840s - 1940s 1993; (p. 1) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 20)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 212-213)
2 Corroboree i "Hot day dies, cook time comes.", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 20) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 20) Poetry Unlocked: An Anthology Arranged in Themes 2006; (p. 14) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 19) I Am Proud and Other Poems 2010; (p. 10)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 206-207)
2 2 Whynot Street i "Officiously they hawked about", Oodgeroo Noonuccal , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: We Are Going : Poems 1964; (p. 33) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 1970; (p. 16) Oodgeroo 1994; (p. 170) My People : A Kath Walker Collection 2007; (p. 15)
— Appears in: Oodgeroo Noonuccal con We Are Going 2013; (p. 232-233)
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