Another day in the colony
Watego, Chelsea2021
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A ground-breaking work - and a call to arms - that exposes the ongoing colonial violence experienced by First Nations people. In this collection of deeply insightful and powerful essays, Chelsea Watego examines the ongoing and daily racism faced by First Nations peoples in so-called Australia. Rather than offer yet another account of 'the Aboriginal problem', she theorises a strategy for living in a social world that has only ever imagined Indigenous peoples as destined to die out. Drawing on her own experiences and observations of the operations of the colony, she exposes the lies that settlers tell about Indigenous people. In refusing such stories, Chelsea tells her own: fierce, personal, sometimes funny, sometimes anguished. She speaks not of fighting back but of standing her ground against colonialism in academia, in court, and in media. It's a stance that takes its toll on relationships, career prospects, and even the body. Yet when told to have hope, Watego's response rings clear: Fuck hope. Be sovereign.
Main title:
Another day in the colony / Chelsea Watego.
Author:
Watego, Chelsea, author
Imprint:
St Lucia, Queensland : UQP, 2021.
Collation:
xvi, 256 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Awards:
Queensland Literary Awards: Winner The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award 2022Queensland Literary Awards: Finalist Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance 2022Queensland Literary Awards: Finalist The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award 2022
ISBN:
9780702263163 (pbk)0702263168 (pbk)
Dewey class:
305.89915 WAT305.89915
Language:
English
Subject:
Aboriginal Australians -- BiographyAboriginal Australians, Treatment ofAboriginal Australians -- Violence against -- QueenslandAboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- 21st centuryAustralian South Sea Islanders -- BiographyColonization -- AustraliaSocial conflict -- AustraliaRacism -- AustraliaAustralia -- Race relations -- 21st century
BRN:
81286
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