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All Reviews - Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin 1st edition
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'This book demonstrates what should have been recognised in 1994, when the request for legal protection of ''the meeting of the water'' was first put. That is, gender restrictions on knowledge mean that records or studies by men see the man's world, studies by women see the women's world. The uniqueness of Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin is due to the genius of Professor Bell's genius, but it also owes much of its distinctiveness to her gender. This is the first substantial ethnographic work with Ngarrindjeri women, and in this extraordinary book we are allowed, by Ngarrindjeri Miminis, to glimpse selected facets of the Ngarrindjeri Mimini experience.' James Knight, Australian Archeological Association
‘Every page of this book shows Bell’s great respect for the Ngarrindjeri. The women of the Ngarrindjeri read this book and approved it.’ Carol Anne Douglas, Off Our Backs
‘Diane Bell effects a subtle generic shift in non-fiction writing. Not only has a huge array of sensitive and complex material been handled with skill and respect, this book also represents a step forward because of its self-reflexivity, with the author stepping to one side to relinquish the traditional role as an omniscient authority governing the subject matter of the book with total control.’ Gideon Haigh and Mark Davis, ‘Pick of the Crop: The Age Book of the Year Awards’ The Age
‘...every Ngarrindjeri person I have spoken to applauds this book. Ethnographies of this sort are usually avoided for any number of reasons, not the least of which is the sense that attempting such a study is in the too hard basket. That Diane Bell attempts and succeeds in this without sacrificing scholarship or standard is a magnificent accomplishment.’ Christine Nicholls
‘Professor Bell has created a monumental work in an ethnography titled Ngarrindjeri Wurrurarrin, one that her Aboriginal collaborators consider as being as close to the ‘truth’ as one can get.’ Ian McIntosh, Cultural Survival Quarterly
‘A formidable [book] ... It leaves the reader wondering whether the outcome would have been different had the contents of the book been known at the time of the events it describes.’ John Toohey, former High Court Judge and Land Commissioner, Canberra Times
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