Libro Follow The Rabbit-proof Fence De Pilkington, Doris Garimara

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Doris Garimara Pilkington

Editorial

University of Queensland Pr (Australia)

Año

2013

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

160

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

19.6 x 12.7 x 1.0 cm

Peso

0.14 kg.

ISBN13

9780702233555

Categorías

Australasia
Memorias bibliográficas
Materia antropología social y cultural etnográfica
Historia de australia y del pacífico

Follow The Rabbit-proof Fence

Doris Garimara Pilkington (Autor) · University of Queensland Pr (Australia) · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Follow The Rabbit-proof Fence"

This is an extraordinary story of courage and faith. It is based on the actual experiences of three girls who fled from the repressive life of Moore River Native Settlement, following along the rabbit-proof fence back to their homelands. Assimilationist policy deemed these girls were taken from their kin and their land in order to be made white. Never having seen the ocean before, the three girls' experience of transportation by boat to the settlement was tormenting. But their torment was just beginning. Settlement life was unbearable with its chains and padlocks, barred windows, hard cold beds and horrible food. Solitary confinement was doled out as regular punishment. They were not even allowed to speak their language. Of all the journeys made since white people set foot on Australian soil, the 1931 journey made by these girls born of Aboriginal mothers and white fathers speaks something to us all.