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Stolen motherhood : Aboriginal mothers and child removal in the Stolen Generations era / Anne Maree Payne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Payne, Anne Maree, 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children, Aboriginal Australian--Government policy--Australia.
- Children, Aboriginal Australian.
- Women, Aboriginal Australian--Attitudes.
- Women, Aboriginal Australian.
- Mother and child.
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of--History.
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.
- Motherhood--Australia--Psychological aspects.
- Motherhood.
- Women, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Social conditions.
- Stolen generations (Australia).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Aboriginal mothers and child removal in the Stolen Generations era
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]
- Summary:
- "This book explores the experiences of Aboriginal mothers of Stolen Generations children, providing new insights into our understanding of this era. It reflects critically on human rights processes based on truth-telling, raising important issues about who gets to speak at such processes and whose voices are heard and validated"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Motherhood, truth-telling and the Bringing Them Home inquiry
- Untold suffering? Motherhood and silence
- 'To the exclusion of the rights of the mother': the impact of Aboriginal 'protection' legislation
- 'Strange anomalies': limitations on Aboriginal mothers' access to social security
- 'Forcible removal through employment': the impact of the requirement to work on Aboriginal mothers
- Monitored motherhood: the impact of state surveillance and the threat of intervention in Aboriginal families
- 'Sitting in judgement'? Views about Aboriginal mothering
- For their own good? Diverse perspectives on Aboriginal child removal
- Beyond silence: Aboriginal mothers' experiences of children removal in the Stolen Generations era.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781793618634
- 1-7936-1863-1
- OCLC:
- 1240828266
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