By Bain Attwood,Fiona Magowan
Telling tales appears on the position of lifestyles tales and of reminiscence in historical past: who tells lifestyles tales, the aim for which they're advised; the position of tale and background within the politics of land claims; and how language affects on study and writing.
Ann Parsonson writes approximately 'stories for land' within the oral narratives of the Maori Land courtroom; Deborah Rose fowl retells the 'saga of Captain Cook'; Andrew Erueti and Alan Ward research Maori land legislation within the context of the Treaty claims strategy; Jeremy Beckett appears on the autobiographical oral historical past of Myles Lalor; and Bain Attwood discusses the stolen generations narrative.
With Judith Binney, Fiona Magowan, W.H. Oliver, Basil Sansom and Penny van Toorn, those participants discover the questions coming up while other forms of historical past meet: other kinds of facts, from varied cultures, occasionally telling a similar tale from conflicting views. Telling tales is a well timed e-book that freely explores the a number of sorts of indigenous historical past in New Zealand and Australia.
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