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Another Day in the Colony

Chelsea Watego
4.43/5 (701 ratings)
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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 society 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 narrates 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 the 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.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
256 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
University of Queensland Press
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0702263168
ISBN13:
9780702263163
kindle Asin:
B09JPFDVS9

Another Day in the Colony

Chelsea Watego
4.43/5 (701 ratings)
Read Download
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 society 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 narrates 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 the 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.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
256 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
University of Queensland Press
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0702263168
ISBN13:
9780702263163
kindle Asin:
B09JPFDVS9

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