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Abstract
This paper rereads Kathleen Mary Fallon’s 2007 text, Paydirt in the context of the continued separations of indigenous Australian children from their families and communities. Paydirt’s distinctive contribution is its representation of white and indigenous Australian mothering in the context of the Stolen Generations. While the voice of the child is a key presence in the text, just as the voices of children have been in national enquiries, such as the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, the text is unusual in that it also represents the experience of the mothers. The text figures that its readers will be both indigenous and non-indigenous, subverting the assumption of ‘literary whiteness’ embedded in much Australian writing by writers whose imagined audiences are non-indigenous. It engages in a form of collaborative storytelling that contributes to reconciliation dialogues.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-21 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Australian Humanities Review |
Issue number | 63 |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2018 |
Keywords
- Mothering
- Stolen Generations
- Foster mothering
- Australian literature
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
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Work, care and identity: Reconceptualising maternal labour
Messer, J.
1/08/15 → 30/01/16
Project: Research