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One bright spot

'Victoria Haskins' fine book fills a much-needed gap in our understanding of Australia's history. For too long we have heard the stories of one side or the other; colonised or colonisers. One Bright Spot delicately rounds out our understanding by revealing to us the complexity of the...

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Main Authors: Haskins, Victoria.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Child welfare > Australia.
Indigenous peoples > Australia.
Social & cultural anthropology > Australia.
Society.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230510593
Summary: 'Victoria Haskins' fine book fills a much-needed gap in our understanding of Australia's history. For too long we have heard the stories of one side or the other; colonised or colonisers. One Bright Spot delicately rounds out our understanding by revealing to us the complexity of the relationships that emerged through the cross-cultural interactions of the early part of the twentieth century. The evocative prose resists sentimentality and romanticisation and delights the reader with an exquisite novel-like writing style. At the end of it one is struck by Haskins' rare combination of scholarly rigor, passion and a personal connection, which she both embraces and critiques'. Professor Lynette Russell, Monash University.
Item Description: Ebook.
Originally published in: 2005.
Carrier Form: 296 p.
ISBN: 9781403947437
9780230510593 :
0230510590 :
CLC: D756.185
Contents: Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction: More Than My Own Mother to Me PART I: MARY My One Bright Spot All Girls Shall Leave the Reserves If I Am Coming Back to You All Again PART II: ALMA So Desperately Hard to Understand A Better Chance PART III: DEL Was Fearfully Shocked This Afternoon A Perfect Farce She Loves Pretty Things and Knows How to Wear Them You Must Not Go Against These People There is a Lot of Dark Girls That Went Through It And So We Are 'Slave Owners' It Makes Me Rage A Devotion I Hope I May Fully Repay PART IV: PEARL GIBBS Just Ordinary Justice The Stone of Anthropology Miss Pink Wants My Help PART V: JANE A Free Australian Citizen The Bitter Disappointment of Trying to Help Then We Must All Be Insane Epilogue: She Learnt Her Lessons Well A Note on Sources Notes Bibliography Index.

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