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A comprehensive, generously illustrated reference work on a multitude of aspects of Aboriginal history, culture and art. Although the emphasis is on visual art and artists, the many survey entries on indigenous languages, traditions, writing and performance provide a much wider context.
The Companion is divided into two separate yet interconnected parts. Part One consist of essays by indigenous and non-indigenous scholars and experts, interspersed with textual and visual examples. Broadly chronological in structure, it contains the following sections: 'Foundations of Being' (subdivided into 'Religion', 'Ritual and Sacred Sites', 'Kinship and Gender'); 'Colonial and Post-colonial Scenes' (art and culture in different regions of Australia); 'Renegotiating Tradition' ('Urban Aboriginal Art', 'Film and Communications', 'Literature', 'Music', 'Performance', 'Fibre-work and Textiles', 'Cultural Meeting Places', buildings and architecture) ; 'The Public Face of Aboriginality' ('Aboriginalities', 'Reception and Recognition of Aboriginal Art', 'Cross-Cultural Exchange', 'The Way Ahead'). An index to Part One provides easy access to topics.
Part Two is organised as a reference section and consists of alphabetical entries on artists, organisations, key issues and ideas.
Notes
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
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Don't Take Your Love to Town,
extract
autobiography
This extract from Ruby Langford Ginibi's autobiography tells how her family moved from Coraki to Redfern.
- Aboriginal Sovereignty, single work prose (p. 98-99)
- Aboriginal Protest Art, single work non-fiction (p. 278-281)
- Aboriginal Writing, single work criticism (p. 313-320)
- Early Aboriginal Writing, single work criticism (p. 320-323)
- The Pasti"Let no one say the past is dead.", single work poetry (p. 323-324)
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Laying Down (from Story About Feeling)i"Well I'll tell you about this story.",
single work
poetry
(p. 324-325)
Note: Published under the title 'Story about Feeling', reproduced from Bill Neidjie's "Story about Feeling" ed. by Keith Taylor.
- The Letter, single work short story (p. 326-327)
- Indigenous Performance, single work criticism (p. 349-354)
- Tales of Torres Strait : The Historical Novel and Localised Memories, single work criticism (p. 444-447)
- Aborigines and Cars, single work criticism (p. 447-449, 452-453)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Speaking from the Art
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 4 January no. 5153 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture 2000 reference prose criticism biography -
Information and Indigenous Voice Come Through Loud and Clear in Definitive New Companion
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 15 no. 2 2001; (p. 147-148)
— Review of The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture 2000 reference prose criticism biography
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Speaking from the Art
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 4 January no. 5153 2002; (p. 9)
— Review of The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture 2000 reference prose criticism biography -
Information and Indigenous Voice Come Through Loud and Clear in Definitive New Companion
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 15 no. 2 2001; (p. 147-148)
— Review of The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture 2000 reference prose criticism biography
- Aboriginal art
- Aboriginal rock art
- Aboriginal peoples
- Aboriginal literature & writers
- Aboriginal religion & stories
- Aboriginal languages
- Aboriginal drama & theatre
- Aboriginal culture
- Aboriginal writers
- Aboriginal music
- Cinema
- Aboriginality
- Aboriginal contact history
- Aboriginal secret & sacred sites
- Aboriginal kinship
- Aboriginal oral tradition
- Aboriginal ceremonies