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Synopsis
A wide-ranging, personal and powerful work that resonates with historical and contemporary Australian debates about identity, dispossession, memory, and community. Ranging across the national contemporary political stage, this book critiques the great Australian silence when it comes to dealing respectfully with the construction of the nation’s Indigenous past.
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About the Author
Bruce Pascoe is a widely published and award-winning writer, editor, and anthologist. He produced a dictionary of the Wathaurong language.
Review
"In prose of lyrical clarity and uncompromising honesty, Bruce Pascoe invites readers to be awakened, enthralled by fresh and breath-taking truths about the story of Australia. Convincing Ground is unique. —Carmel Bird
"The author’s greatest strength is his construction of a narrative comparing contemporary Australian politics, culture and identity with the formative years of contact histories." —Steve Kinnane
"...This beautifully written book, with its fierce determination to recognise and right the wrongs of history, is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand where Aboriginal people are coming from." —Paul Burns, Reviews in Australian Studies, Vol 2, No 7, 2007
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- PublisherAboriginal Studies Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0855755490
- ISBN 13 9780855755492
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages312
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Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in Love with Your Country.
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Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 2007
ISBN 10: 0855755490
ISBN 13: 9780855755492
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Seller: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
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1st ed. Paperback octavo, very good condition, spine little creased, light toning inside covers, bottom corners tips covers little creased, minor edgewear. 302 pp. Indigenous writer Bruce Pascoe provides a powerful, lyrical and passionate new book. He asks us to fully acknowledge our past and the way these actions continue to influence Australia today, both in a physical and intellectual sense. The author draws on the past through a critical examination of major historical works and witness accounts, and finds uncanny parallels between the techniques and language used there to today's national political climate. Seller Inventory # 41097
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Convincing Ground. Learning to fall in love with your Country
Published by
Aborignal Studies Press, Canberra, 2007
ISBN 10: 0855755490
ISBN 13: 9780855755492
Used
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First Edition
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Soft Cover. Condition: VG-. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (ex-library with sealed-on plastic covering, spine label, occ. marks & RSMs, else internally clean); pp. x, 302, with illustrations. A good copy. Seller Inventory # 031422
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