In December 1997, in a small town in rural Australia, a fight broke out among local Aborigines that turned into a full-blown riot when police intervened in force. In Blackfellas, Whitefellas, and the Hidden Injuries of Race, anthropologist Gillian Cowlishaw uses this vivid incident as a means of launching a larger discussion about race, identity, and racialized violence.
Brings indigenous Australians into the contemporary global race discourse in a lively, highly readable ethnography.
Explores the local and national meanings of a race riot...
In December 1997, in a small town in rural Australia, a fight broke out among local Aborigines that turned into a full-blown riot when police interven...
In December 1997, in a small town in rural Australia, a fight broke out among local Aborigines that turned into a full-blown riot when police intervened in force. In Blackfellas, Whitefellas, and the Hidden Injuries of Race, anthropologist Gillian Cowlishaw uses this vivid incident as a means of launching a larger discussion about race, identity, and racialized violence.
Brings indigenous Australians into the contemporary global race discourse in a lively, highly readable ethnography.
Explores the local and national meanings of a race riot...
In December 1997, in a small town in rural Australia, a fight broke out among local Aborigines that turned into a full-blown riot when police interven...
Honest and compelling, this book follows the fraught, exciting, and painful process of getting to know "others"--in this case Australian Aborigines in the suburbs who are already "known" through shocking images and worrying statistics. This book depicts the intimacy of the encounter, explains the practical and ethical dilemmas of research, and discusses the fun of engagement in the city's outback.
Honest and compelling, this book follows the fraught, exciting, and painful process of getting to know "others"--in this case Australian Aborigines in...
