| ISBN |
9780855755492 (pbk.) : |
| Name |
Pascoe, Bruce, 1947- |
| Title |
Convincing ground : learning to fall in love with your country / Bruce Pascoe. |
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Published |
Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2007. |
| Description |
x, 302 p., [4] leaves of plates. : col. ill., 1 map, 1 port. ; 23 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography: p. 282-290. |
| Summary |
"'Convincing Ground' is a wide-ranging, personal and powerful work which resonates with historical and contemporary Australian debates about identity, dispossession, memory and community. Pascoe ranges across the national contemporary political stage, critiquing the great Australian silence when it comes to dealing respectfully with the construction of the nation's Indigenous past. Forget the history wars. Pascoe has written a book for all Australians. He believes early colonial behaviour on Gunditchmurra lands (near Portland, Victoria) shaped us then and shapes us still physically and intellectually. Through a close, critical examination of the major historical works and witness accounts, Pascoe draws uncanny parallels between the techniques, language and results of the invasion to contemporary times. He knows we can't reverse the past, but we can bring our soul in from the fog of delusion. He proposes a way forward, beyond shady intellectual argument and immature nationalism: strengths intact; weaknesses acknowledged and addressed." -- Publisher's website. |
| Subjects |
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- History |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations -- History |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity |
| Australia -- Race relations -- History |
| Australia -- Colonization -- History |
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