THE DREAMING & Other Essays

Stanner, W. E. H.
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Aboriginal Studies. The essays span the career of W.E.H. Stanner as well as the history of Australian race relations. 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. Their revival is a significant event.

With an introductory essay by Robert Manne.

Stanner’s essays still hold their own among this country’s finest writings on matters black and white.” – Noel Pearson

Additional Information

AuthorStanner, W. E. H.
Number of pages291
PublisherBlack Inc. Agenda, Melbourne
Year Published2009
Book Condition

FINE

Binding Type

Softcover

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