I'm not racist, but... : a collection of social observations

著者

• Heiss, Anita

書誌事項

I'm not racist, but... : a collection of social observations

Anita Heiss

Salt, 2007

• : pbk

内容説明・目次

内容説明

I'm not racist, but ... is a collection of social observations, thoughts and conversations the author has had over 15 years travelling Australia and the world; as a tourist, as a writer, as an academic, and always as a proud, strong, contemporary Aboriginal woman. From the home of the largest Indigenous population in Australia - the city of Sydney - to the Mohawk Reserve of Kanhawake, Quebec, the work considers issues of Aboriginal identity, both imposed and self-defined, the process of reconciliation and issues around saying `sorry', notions of `truth' and integrity, biculturalism and invisible whiteness. Poems like "My Best Friend's White" demonstrate the way in which racism is entrenched in every day Aussie phraseology, while the saturation of political correctness, the increased need for `token Kooris' and the unreal expectations of Aboriginal people are highlighted in the short radio play, "Token Kooris: Blackfellas for Hire". In this collection, Heiss challenges her reader to consider what it is they are doing when they research or write about Aborigines, what role Aboriginal Studies plays in academia and what indeed, anthropologists actually study. Heiss questions what the spirit of Australia is and offers a "10 Point Plan for A Better Australia", which will possibly only come about after digesting her "A-Z of First Contact". Some may consider Heiss' work as experimental. She considers them words that may help readers understand the issues that impact daily on the ways in which we all relate to each other regardless of heritage.

目次

Apologies Aboriginal Studies Anthropology is ... Who's Truth Different Lives, Different Values Indigenous Intellectuals I don't hate you, but ... My Other My 10 Point Plan for a better Australia Ode to my mother Pieces for peace For our children Making Aborigines Us and Them Advance Australia -Unfair Checkerboard love Expectations: (with respects to Phil Kawana) Untitled The Creator's Prayer Holier than thou Thoughts Considering Self Why I write Pearls from an old Aunty What I know Dreaming You I heard you The A-Z of First Contact: (with respect to Gordon Hooky) Anger My Father's Homeland: For my Father My friend the therapist said ... White and Black poetry readings: distinct differences Face The Truth An Oztralian Preamble Stop Asking Me ... What is the spirit of Australia? I'm Not Racist, But ... Integrity Sorry Treaty Reconciliation #1 Reconciliation #2 Token Kooris: Blackfellas for hire (radio play) I know what you're thinking Nameless face My Best Friend's White Invisible Whiteness Coffee Coloured Being Aboriginal Bicultural Blackfella But You're Not Really An Aborigine Identity Kahnawake Leon Carmen Proud to be Koori We Have Survived What Psyches You? Tolerated but not valued

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB07849796
• ISBN:
  • 9781844713165
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge
• ページ数/冊数: 86 p.
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 分類:
  • DC22 : 823.92