Passionate Histories: Myth, memory and Indigenous Australia

by John Docker, Ann Curthoys, Frances Peters-Little

This book examines the emotional engagements of both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people with Indigenous history. The contributors are a mix of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous scholars, who in different ways examine how the past lives on in the present, as myth, memory, and history. Each chapter throws fresh light on an aspect of history-making by or about Indigenous people, such as the extent of massacres on the frontier, the myth of Aboriginal male...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921666641
• ISBN13: 9781921666643
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.8"