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'The writing of Ruby Langford Ginibi has been read, not only within
Australia, but also overseas. Often, Indigenous literature is regarded as a primarily
national literature, addressed to first and foremost white Australian readers. This article
places Ginibi's writing in an overseas context and examines the reactions that Germanspeaking
readers have shown to her texts. Drawing on qualitative interviews with
readers in Germany and Austria, this study explores the individual techniques of
German-speaking readers to connect to the cultural foreign contexts of Ginibi's texts
and make sense of them. It also reflects on the author's personal connections to Ginibi's
texts and how her writing relates to his own racial contexts in Central Europe.' (Author's abstract)
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http://www.ub.edu/dpfilsa/jeasa4oliverhaag18.pdf
‘Bumping Some Bloody Heads Together’ : A Qualitative Study of German-Speaking Readers of Ruby Langford Ginibi’s Texts
Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia
Subjects:
- Aboriginal Literature in Austria: A Discussion of Three Audiobooks 2011 single work criticism
- Indigenous Australian Literature in German. Some Considerations on Reception, Publication and Translation 2009 single work criticism
- Indigenous Literature in European Contexts : Aspects of the Marketing of the Indigenous Literatures of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand in German and Dutch-Speaking Countries 2011 single work criticism
- Auntie Rita 1994 single work biography
- Don't Take Your Love to Town 1988 single work autobiography
- My Bundjalung People 1994 single work autobiography
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