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y separately published work icon Wandjuk Marika : Life Story single work   autobiography  
Alternative title: Wandjuk Marika Iife Story : As Told to Jennifer Isaacs
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Wandjuk Marika : Life Story
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'Biography of Yolngu statesman and artist Wandjuk Marika; impact of World War II, missionaries and anthropologists in Arnhem Land; interactions with mining company Nabalco; land rights; Aboriginal Arts Board; copyright; bark painting; traditional culture; sacred dilly bag; ceremonies; Djankawu-Creation story; crocodile hunting.' (Source: TROVE)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: English
    • St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,: University of Queensland Press , 1995 .
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      Extent: 176p.
      Description: illus. (some col.), and ports.
      Note/s:
      • Includes index
      ISBN: 0702225649 (pbk), 9780702225642
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Making Paper Talk : Writing Indigenous Oral Life Narratives Michael Jacklin , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Ariel , January-April vol. 39 no. 1-2 2008; (p. 47-69)
Collaboration and Closure : Negotiating Indigenous Mourning Protocols in Australian Life Writing Michael Jacklin , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 19 no. 2 2005; (p. 184-191) Examines 'indigenous mourning protocols, as they are negotiated in life writing texts and in all manner of public discourse in Australia...' (p.190)
y separately published work icon Cross Talk : Collaborative Indigenous Life Writing in Australia and Canada Michael Jacklin , 2004 Z1351079 2004 single work thesis This thesis provides a comparative analysis of collaborative Indigenous life writing texts produced in Australia and Canada. Drawing on the large body of Indigenous life writing texts produced in both countries, the critical and theoretical literature surrounding these texts, and twenty-nine interviews conducted during the course of research with participants in Aboriginal and First Nations collaborative life writing, the author argues that literary criticism needs to take into account the co-operative basis of textual production as well as the constraining factors that shape the outcome of collaborative texts. Further, he argues for the importance of non-Indigenous critics acknowledging the centrality of Indigenous protocols in both the production and reception of collaborative Indigenous life writing. The thesis is based upon the premise that readers and producers of collaborative Indigenous life writing texts can and should talk to each other and that each group can benefit from such cross talk.
Stories to Live In : Discursive Regimes and Indigenous Canadian and Australian Historiography Penny Van Toorn , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Canadian Literature , Autumn no. 158 1998; (p. 42-63) 'It is crucial to understand what happened and is happening to Indigenous peoples. But it is also necessary to identify the specific institutional mechanisms through which Indigenous histories come into being, are disseminated, and put to work (or not) as a historical force in their own right' (p. 59).
[Review] Wandjuk Marika : Life Story as told to Jennifer Isaacs Jo Robertson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , April vol. 3 no. 1 1996; (p. 92-93)
— Review of Wandjuk Marika : Life Story Wandjuk Marika , Jennifer Isaacs , 1995 single work autobiography 'Wandjuk Marika is an extraordinary book. At first glance, it would be easy to misread it. The front cover carries a photograph of Wandjuk Marika - to the uninformed, this photograph can effortlessly be categorised as that of a 'noble savage'. The book itself, in its glossy quality and presentation, could easily pass for a coffee table production. Even the subject matter would seem to convey information about a 'pre-invasion' world, thereby reinforcing comfortable views that 'authentic' Aboriginals are the 'real' Aboriginals.' (Introduction)
[Review] Wandjuk Marika : Life Story as told to Jennifer Isaacs Jo Robertson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Queensland Review , April vol. 3 no. 1 1996; (p. 92-93)
— Review of Wandjuk Marika : Life Story Wandjuk Marika , Jennifer Isaacs , 1995 single work autobiography 'Wandjuk Marika is an extraordinary book. At first glance, it would be easy to misread it. The front cover carries a photograph of Wandjuk Marika - to the uninformed, this photograph can effortlessly be categorised as that of a 'noble savage'. The book itself, in its glossy quality and presentation, could easily pass for a coffee table production. Even the subject matter would seem to convey information about a 'pre-invasion' world, thereby reinforcing comfortable views that 'authentic' Aboriginals are the 'real' Aboriginals.' (Introduction)
Collaboration and Closure : Negotiating Indigenous Mourning Protocols in Australian Life Writing Michael Jacklin , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 19 no. 2 2005; (p. 184-191) Examines 'indigenous mourning protocols, as they are negotiated in life writing texts and in all manner of public discourse in Australia...' (p.190)
y separately published work icon Cross Talk : Collaborative Indigenous Life Writing in Australia and Canada Michael Jacklin , 2004 Z1351079 2004 single work thesis This thesis provides a comparative analysis of collaborative Indigenous life writing texts produced in Australia and Canada. Drawing on the large body of Indigenous life writing texts produced in both countries, the critical and theoretical literature surrounding these texts, and twenty-nine interviews conducted during the course of research with participants in Aboriginal and First Nations collaborative life writing, the author argues that literary criticism needs to take into account the co-operative basis of textual production as well as the constraining factors that shape the outcome of collaborative texts. Further, he argues for the importance of non-Indigenous critics acknowledging the centrality of Indigenous protocols in both the production and reception of collaborative Indigenous life writing. The thesis is based upon the premise that readers and producers of collaborative Indigenous life writing texts can and should talk to each other and that each group can benefit from such cross talk.
Making Paper Talk : Writing Indigenous Oral Life Narratives Michael Jacklin , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Ariel , January-April vol. 39 no. 1-2 2008; (p. 47-69)
Stories to Live In : Discursive Regimes and Indigenous Canadian and Australian Historiography Penny Van Toorn , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Canadian Literature , Autumn no. 158 1998; (p. 42-63) 'It is crucial to understand what happened and is happening to Indigenous peoples. But it is also necessary to identify the specific institutional mechanisms through which Indigenous histories come into being, are disseminated, and put to work (or not) as a historical force in their own right' (p. 59).
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  • Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
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