Another day in the colony /
Watego, Chelsea,
Another day in the colony / Chelsea Watego. - St Lucia, QLD : UQP, 2021. - 256 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
A ground-breaking work - and a call to arms - that exposes the ongoing colonial violence experienced by First Nations people.In this collection of deeply insightful and powerful essays, Chelsea Watego examines the ongoing and daily racism faced by First Nations peoples in so-called Australia. Rather than offer yet another account of 'the Aboriginal problem', she theorises a strategy for living in a social world that has only ever imagined Indigenous peoples as destined to die out.Drawing on her own experiences and observations of the operations of the colony, she exposes the lies that settlers tell about Indigenous people. In refusing such stories, Chelsea tells her own: fierce, personal, sometimes funny, sometimes anguished. She speaks not of fighting back but of standing her ground against colonialism in academia, in court, and in media. It's a stance that takes its toll on relationships, career prospects, and even the body. Yet when told to have hope, Watego's response rings clear: Fuck hope. Be sovereign.
9780702263163 0702263168
Women, Aboriginal Australian--Biography.
Aboriginal Australians--Colonization.
Race relations - Reconciliation.
Politics and Government - Political action - Activism.
Aboriginal Australians--Violence against--Queensland.
Australian South Sea Islanders--Biography.
Aboriginal Australians--Biography.
Colonization--Australia.
Settlement and contacts - Colonisation.
Aboriginal Australians--Effect of colonization on.
Aboriginal Australians--Violence against--Australia--Queensland.
Australian essays--21st century.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions--21st century.
Social conflict--Australia.
Racism--Australia.
colonization.
Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Australian essays.
Colonization.
Race relations.
Racism.
Social conflict.
Colonisation - Ethical issues.
Australia--Colonization.
Australia--Race relations--21st century.
Australia.
Queensland.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content Australian history Australian
Indigenous collection
Autobiography
Autobiographies.
305.89915
Another day in the colony / Chelsea Watego. - St Lucia, QLD : UQP, 2021. - 256 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
A ground-breaking work - and a call to arms - that exposes the ongoing colonial violence experienced by First Nations people.In this collection of deeply insightful and powerful essays, Chelsea Watego examines the ongoing and daily racism faced by First Nations peoples in so-called Australia. Rather than offer yet another account of 'the Aboriginal problem', she theorises a strategy for living in a social world that has only ever imagined Indigenous peoples as destined to die out.Drawing on her own experiences and observations of the operations of the colony, she exposes the lies that settlers tell about Indigenous people. In refusing such stories, Chelsea tells her own: fierce, personal, sometimes funny, sometimes anguished. She speaks not of fighting back but of standing her ground against colonialism in academia, in court, and in media. It's a stance that takes its toll on relationships, career prospects, and even the body. Yet when told to have hope, Watego's response rings clear: Fuck hope. Be sovereign.
9780702263163 0702263168
Women, Aboriginal Australian--Biography.
Aboriginal Australians--Colonization.
Race relations - Reconciliation.
Politics and Government - Political action - Activism.
Aboriginal Australians--Violence against--Queensland.
Australian South Sea Islanders--Biography.
Aboriginal Australians--Biography.
Colonization--Australia.
Settlement and contacts - Colonisation.
Aboriginal Australians--Effect of colonization on.
Aboriginal Australians--Violence against--Australia--Queensland.
Australian essays--21st century.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions--21st century.
Social conflict--Australia.
Racism--Australia.
colonization.
Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
Australian essays.
Colonization.
Race relations.
Racism.
Social conflict.
Colonisation - Ethical issues.
Australia--Colonization.
Australia--Race relations--21st century.
Australia.
Queensland.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander content Australian history Australian
Indigenous collection
Autobiography
Autobiographies.
305.89915
