ISBN:
9780855752941
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (308 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Race Matters : Indigenous Australians and 'Our' Society
DDC:
305.89915
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
While Australian Aboriginal people live in an unprecedented time of formal equality, their conditions in life are still starkly different from those of most other Australians. And recognition of the rights of Australia's indigenous people is not forthcoming. This diverse collection of articles explores the double burden of racial discrimination and the denial of indigenous rights that Australian Aboriginal people continue to carry
Description / Table of Contents:
Preliminaries; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Barry Morris and Gillian Cowlishaw; 1. 'Nothing has changed'; 2. The journey out to the Centre; 3. Rousseau's Knot; 4. Rum, seduction and death; 5. The 'Breelong Blacks'; 6. Australia Felix rules OK!; 7. Mrs Eyers is no ogre; 8. Racism, egalitarianism and Aborigines; 9. Where is racism?; 10. The ethics of the allocation of health resources; 11. Mabo; 12. Aborigines and contemporary Australian nationalism; Afterword: 'Tell them you're Indian'; Notes; References;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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