Uncommon Ground: White Women in Aboriginal History -

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Résumé :
Uncommon ground brings together a unique collection of essays about the complex roles played by white women in Australian Indigenous histories. It showcases some of the latest and most interesting work in Australia on gender and cross-cultural history. Each chapter highlights the work of a woman involved in Aboriginal issues, and with Aboriginal people, in a particular historical context. They include unknown and prominent public figures, activists, writers, and workers in missionary groups and administration (for instance Mary Bennett, Elizabeth Durack and Elizabeth McKenzie-Hatton), as well as leading Aboriginal woman activist (Pearl Gibbs) who worked closely with contemporary white feminists. The four thematic parts include: 'The home front': personal and domestic relationships, highlighting the prominence of the 'home' as institution as well as refuge in such cross-cultural relationships...

Biographie:
Anna Cole is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Public Culture and Ideas at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Victoria Haskins is a lecturer at the University of Newcastle. Fiona Paisley is a senior lecturer at Griffith University in Queensland....

Sommaire:
'Shared struggle': collaborative relationships...