Reading Aboriginal Womens Life Stories

A Wave Of Life Stories And Autobiographical Narratives By Aboriginal Women Began In The Late 1970s And Gained Momentum A Decade Later With The Publication Of Sally Morgansnbsp;my Placenbsp;(1987), Which Became A Bestseller. While Some Of The Books Of The First Wave Focused Mainly (if Not Exclusively) On The Author, Aboriginal Womens Life Stories Widened Over Time To Include Transgenerational Histories Of The Family.reading Aboriginal Womens Life Storiesnbsp;is An Important Discussion Of Books That Have Shaped Our Understanding Of Contemporary Indigenous Australian Literature. Anne Brewster Provides An In-depth Textual Analysis Of Three Key Titles And Situates Them In Relation To Concepts Of History, Race, Gender, Family, Storytelling And Aboriginality In Modern Australia.