The Aboriginal Tent Embassy: Sovereignty, Black Power, Land Rights and the State

ISBN-13: 9780415538701 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 328 str.

Gary Foley; Andrew Schaap

Opis

The 1972 Aboriginal Embassy was one of the most significant indigenous political demonstrations of the 20th century. What began as a simple response to a Prime Ministerial statement on Australia Day 1972, evolved into a six-month political stand-off between radical Aboriginal activists and a conservative Australian government. This text explores the context of this moment that captured the world's attention by using, predominantly, the voices of the people who were there.

Spis treści

Preface Larissa Behrendt; Introduction; Gary Foley, Andrew Schaap & Edwina Howell; SECTION 1: THE ORIGINS OF THE EMBASSY 1. The Aboriginal Embassy: An account of the protest of 1972 Scott Robinson; 2. A Reflection on the first thirty days of the Embassy Gary Foley; 3. The Origins of Aboriginal political consciousness and the Aboriginal Embassy, 1907-1972 Gordon Briscoe; 4. Aboriginal Protest Leith Duncan;  5. Black Power - by any means necessary Edwina Howell; 6. Tracking Back: Parallels between the 1920s Aboriginal Political Movements Parallels and 1972 Tent Embassy John Maynard; 7. The Freedom Ride Ann Curthoys; SECTION 2 THE EVENT OF THE EMBASSY 8. The Beginnings of the Embassy (January 1972); 9. Camping Indefinitely at the Embassy (February-June 1972); 10. Confrontation at the Embassy (July 1972); 11. The Continuing Presence of the Embassy since 1992;  SECTION 3 THE LEGACY OF THE EMBASSY  12. Anniversary Reflections; 13. The Constitutional Politics of the Aboriginal Embassy Paul Muldoon & Andrew Schaap; 14. Stating Genocide in Law Jennifer Balint; 15. The spatial politics of Aboriginal protest in the Parliamentary Triangle Kurt Iveson; 16. War by Other Means: The Australian War Memorial and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in National Space and Time Fiona Nicoll; 17. What do we want? Not native title, that's for bloody sure Nicole Watson

O autorze

Gary Foley participated in the 1972 Aboriginal Embassy demonstration. He recently completed a PhD in History at the University of Melbourne and now teaches history at Victoria University, Melbourne. Andrew Schaap teaches political theory at the University of Exeter, UK. Edwina Howell recently completed a PhD in anthropology at Monash University, Melbourne. She works with Gary Foley　at Victoria University　on the Foley Collection.