The no-nonsense guide to indigenous peoples / Lotte Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Lotte.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Other Title:

Indigenous peoples.

Place of Publication:

London : Verso, 2003.

Summary:

Indigenous peoples have long suffered from exoticization. Outsiders elevate their beauty, remoteness and difference and do not see beyond this to the real problems they face. The No-Nonsense Guide to Indigenous Peoples looks beyond the exotic images, tracing the stories of different indigenous peoples from their first (and often fatal) contact with explorers and colonizers. Much of this history is told here by indigenous people themselves. They vividly describe why land and the natural world are so special to them; how it feels to be snatched from your family as a child because the government wants to "make you white"; why they are demanding that museums must return the bones of their ancestors; how can they retain their traditional culture while moving with the times; and what kinds of development are positive. This short guide discusses all this and more, raising countless issues for debate.

Contents:

2 Colonialism and conquest 29

3 Land and nature 46

4 Facing the problems 60

5 Fighting back 83

6 Music and magic 108

7 Development, justice and future challenges 120.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 141) and index.

ISBN:

1859844383

OCLC:

59341218