Aboriginal Autobiographical Writings
Jack Davis, Ruby Langford & Sally Morgan
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This book analyses three autobiographical works, namely "ABoy's Life" by Jack Davis, "Don't Take Your Love to Town" by RubyLangford and "My Place" by Sally Morgan, with particular regard toAustralia's controversial history and various features of theautobiographical genre. Within this context the book outlinesanswers to three crucial questions: Why are accounts of Indigenouspeople's lives becoming increasingly important in Australia? Whichpossibilities and problems arise when writing one's autobiography?How do Indigenous writers deal with the history of colonization onthe fifth continent? This...
This book analyses three autobiographical works, namely "ABoy's Life" by Jack Davis, "Don't Take Your Love to Town" by RubyLangford and "My Place" by Sally Morgan, with particular regard toAustralia's controversial history and various features of theautobiographical genre. Within this context the book outlinesanswers to three crucial questions: Why are accounts of Indigenouspeople's lives becoming increasingly important in Australia? Whichpossibilities and problems arise when writing one's autobiography?How do Indigenous writers deal with the history of colonization onthe fifth continent? This book and its examination of theabove-mentioned autobiographies is intended to give students of theAboriginal Australian culture an accurate account of how life as anIndigenous person among an Anglo-Australian society was in the pastand still is now.
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