Trauma trails, recreating song lines : the transgenerational effects of trauma in indigenous Australia / Judy Atkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkinson, Judy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Psychology.

Aboriginal Australians.

Aboriginal Australians--Crimes against.

Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions.

Spiritual healing--Australia.

Spiritual healing.

Wounds and injuries--Psychological aspects.

Wounds and injuries.

Violence--Psychological aspects.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 327 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

North Melbourne : Spinifex Press, 2002.

Summary:

Taking readers into the depths of sadness and despair and into the heights of celebration and hope, this disturbing account details the trauma suffered by Australia's indigenous people and the resultant "trauma trails" spread throughout the country.

Contents:

Prologue Great-grandmother' s Gift

Chapter One: Dadirri: Listening to one another

Chapter Two: Song Lines and Trauma Trails

Chapter Three: We Al-li: A program of healing

Chapter Four: The Way of the Human Being I: The trauma story

Chapter Five: The Way of the Human Being II: The healing story

Chapter Six: To Unite Hearts and Establish Order; Epilogue Healing Dreaming.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-308) and index.

ISBN:

1-74219-473-7

1-74219-210-6

1-74219-208-4

OCLC:

463171583