Words to sing the world alive : celebrating First Nations languages
2024
Book
Words to Sing the World Alive celebrates First Nations languages from across the continent. Forty First Nation writers and thinkers, journalists and lawyers, artists and astronomers come together to reveal their favourite and significant words. Words that evoke the power of childhood and the wonder of Country; that explore the essence of mother, of fire, of time. Words that are imbued with family and belonging, and that surprise with their connections.
Main title:
Words to sing the world alive : celebrating First Nations languages / edited by Jasmin McGaughey and The Poet's Voice.
Author:
McGaughey, Jasmin, editorPoet's Voice, editor
Imprint:
St Lucia, QLD : University of Queensland Press, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
xviii, 270 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9780702268397 (hardback)9780702269523 (epdf)9780702269530 (ebook)
Dewey class:
499.15
Language:
English
Subject:
Indigenous peoples -- LanguagesLanguage and culture -- AustraliaProse literature -- 21st centuryIndigenous authors -- AustraliaAboriginal Australians -- LanguagesAboriginal Australian poetryAustralian literature -- Aboriginal Australian authorsLanguage - LinguisticsLanguage - VocabularyLiterature and stories - Non fictionLiterature and stories - PoetryLiterature and stories - Authors
BRN:
2289185