Indigenous stories, Indigenous realities: reconciliation and resistance in Indigenous Australian narratives

This thesis examines children’s literature narratives written by Australian Indigenous authors through the lens of an Indigenous epistemology that is grounded in Indigenous worldviews. It is contended that the chosen texts reveal layers of meaning with respect to three sets of relationships. First,...

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Main Author: Kwaymullina, Ezekiel
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48841
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description This thesis examines children’s literature narratives written by Australian Indigenous authors through the lens of an Indigenous epistemology that is grounded in Indigenous worldviews. It is contended that the chosen texts reveal layers of meaning with respect to three sets of relationships. First, relationships between Indigenous peoples and the earth; second, relationships in frontier Australia; and third, the relationships in the process of being formed between Indigenous and non- Indigenous peoples in a changing Australia.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-488412021-11-30T01:37:48Z Indigenous stories, Indigenous realities: reconciliation and resistance in Indigenous Australian narratives Kwaymullina, Ezekiel This thesis examines children’s literature narratives written by Australian Indigenous authors through the lens of an Indigenous epistemology that is grounded in Indigenous worldviews. It is contended that the chosen texts reveal layers of meaning with respect to three sets of relationships. First, relationships between Indigenous peoples and the earth; second, relationships in frontier Australia; and third, the relationships in the process of being formed between Indigenous and non- Indigenous peoples in a changing Australia. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48841 Curtin University fulltext
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Indigenous stories, Indigenous realities: reconciliation and resistance in Indigenous Australian narratives
title Indigenous stories, Indigenous realities: reconciliation and resistance in Indigenous Australian narratives
title_full Indigenous stories, Indigenous realities: reconciliation and resistance in Indigenous Australian narratives
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title_short Indigenous stories, Indigenous realities: reconciliation and resistance in Indigenous Australian narratives
title_sort indigenous stories, indigenous realities: reconciliation and resistance in indigenous australian narratives
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48841