Jack Davis : the maker of history
2023
Book
"Jack Davis: The Maker of History contains essays by several prominent Australians that offer new readings and different perspectives on the work of this poet, storyteller, playwright, politician and humanitarian. Various aspects of Davis's work are discussed: his blending of Aboriginal oral culture and Western dramatic forms, his politicising of the dramatic space as a statement about place, history and Aboriginality, his use of storytelling on both a personal and political level to celebrate the voices of Aboriginal Australia and to encourage them to speak. Attention is also given to Davis's poetry, which, it is argued, has been unfairly neglected or dismissed. With an introduction by Gerry Turcotte, and a tribute to Davis by the late Oodgeroo Noonuccol, Jack Davis: The Maker of History is an important study of this inspirational writer." --Back cover.
Main title:
Jack Davis : the maker of history / edited by Gerry Turcotte.
Author:
Turcotte, Gerry, editor
Imprint:
Royal Exchange, NSW : ETT Imprint, 2023.©1994
Collation:
103 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: Sydney, NSW : Angus & Robertson, 1994.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781923024342
Dewey class:
822.914822.3A[W]/DAV
LC class:
PR9619.3.D33
Language:
English
Subject:
Davis, Jack, 1917-2000Davis, Jack, 1917-2000 -- Criticism and interpretationLiterature and stories - Authors - DramaLiterature and stories - Authors - PoetryPolitics and Government - Political action - ActivismHistory - Biographies - IndigenousDramatists, Australian -- 20th century -- BiographyAboriginal Australians in literatureAustralia -- In literatureEssaysBiographies
BRN:
2286337