Dreaming and Other Essays, The

W. E. H. Stanner; Manne, Robert (Robert Michael), 1947-
ISBN: 9781863955171 Category:

$24.95

Sold Out

AUSTRALIANA

ABORIGINAL INDIGENOUS

W.E.H. Stanner’s words changed Australia. Without condescension and without sentimentality, in essays such as ‘The Dreaming’ Stanner conveyed the richness and uniqueness of Aboriginal culture. In his Boyer Lectures he exposed a ‘cult of forgetfulness practised on a national scale,’ regarding the fate of the Aborigines, for which he coined the phrase ‘the great Australian silence’.
And in his essay ‘Durmugam’ he provided an unforgettable portrait of a warrior’s attempt to hold back cultural change. ‘He was such a man,’ Stanner wrote. ‘I thought I would like to make the reading world see and feel him as I did.’

The pieces collected here span the career of W.E.H. Stanner as well as the history of Australian race relations. They reveal the extraordinary scholarship, humanity and vision of one of Australia’s finest essayists.

With an introductory essay by Robert Manne.

2nd ed. (Previous ed.: 2009.) 291 pages ; 20 cm. #100223

Aboriginal Australians — Social life and customs.  |  Aboriginal Australians — Government relations.  |  Race relations – Representation – History.  |  Economic sectors – Agriculture and horticulture – Pastoral industry.  |  Settlement and contacts – Colonisation.  |  Settlement and contacts – 20th Century.  |  Ceremonies – Men.  |  Social behaviour.  |  Ngangiwumirri / Ngangumiri people (N17) (NT SD52-12)  |  Demography – Population mobility.  |  Settlement and contacts – 18th Century.  |  Death – Mortuary customs.  |  Race relations – Attitudes.  |  Land rights – Claims, disputes, hearings.  |  Colonisation – Theory.  |  Social organisation.  |  Demography – Population dynamics.  |  Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1788-1850.  |  Religion – Dreaming.  |  Land rights – Mining industry.  |  Ceremonies – Initiation.  |  Australia — Race relations.  |  Australia — Colonization — History.  |  Yirrkala (East Arnhem Land SD53-04)  |  Australian

 

Additional Information

AuthorW. E. H. Stanner; Manne, Robert (Robert Michael), 1947-
Number of pages291
PublisherBlack Inc.
Year Published2014
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

New

Elizabeth’s Bookshops have been one of Australia’s premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth’s family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse.

All items can be viewed at Elizabeth’s Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle WA.
Click & Collect (no postage cost!) is available at all branches.