Sandy,
I agree. A wonderful read. Also a model for the fragmentary research
required for coming to grips with the history of minority, and subjugated
groups. Due to the nature of recorded history being so WASP orientated the
only records are often fragments of opinions and descriptions of events in
the writings of traditional historians. This is no more apparent than in a
lot of women's history, especially indigenous groups.
At the time I met Diane Bell in the Territory her daughters were fairly
young. I remember her telling me at one stage that, as an anthropologist
studying the lives of Aboriginal women, that they were her best asset. The
women accepted her as a mother of these children and at a certain stage in
life. Without these children she would have been judged at a much lower
stage of development and thus only told what women of that stage should
know.
In the book in one passage she outlines how she gained some of the words of
a song from an old acetate disk in which the song was sung in the background
of some celebration. The disk is from the ABC archive.
For me it is an important work, not only for the information contained
therein, but the methodology used in the research.
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From: "Sandy Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, 27 March 2000 9:22
Subject: RE: [recoznet2] Refocus.
> Jay, check with your library for a copy of "Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin:
> a world that is, was, and will be" by Diane Bell, Spinifex Press
> 1998, isbn 187555971X. It won the NSW Premier's Literary Award
> in 1999. An excellent overview presenting many points of view,
> primarily those of the women involved.
>
> Sandy
>
> > Does anyone know where I can get a comprehensive overview of the
Hindmarsh
> > bridge affair. As usual it seems clouded by media misrepresentation
etc????
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Sandy Sanders
> Wormhole Books
> 27A Main Street
> Upwey VIC 3158
> ph/fax 61 (03) 9754 5440
> www.wormhole.com.au
>
> WORMHOLE BOOKS science/fiction and beyond . . . .
> www.wormhole.com.au
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