Aboriginal Art and the Telling of History

By: null Laura Rademaker and null Sally K. May and null Gabriel Maralngurra and null Joakim Goldhahn

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Synopsis: The rock art of Australia is among the oldest, most complex, and most fascinating manifestations of human creativity and imagination in the world. Aboriginal people used art to record their experiences, ceremonies, and knowledge by embedding their understanding of the world in the landscape over many generations. Indeed, rock art serves as archives and libraries for Australia's Indigenous people. It is, in effect, its repository of memory. This volume explores Indigenous perspectives on rock art. It challenges the limits and assumptions of traditional, academic ways of understanding and knowing the past by showing how history has literally been painted 'on the rocks'. Each chapter features a biography of an artist or family of artists, together with an artwork created by contemporary artist Gabriel Maralngurra. By bringing together history, archaeology, and Indigenous artistic practice, the book offers new insights into the medium of rock art and demonstrates the limits of academic methods and approaches.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781009523332
Related ISBNs:: 9781009523318, 9781009523318
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Date of Addition:: 11/30/24
Copyrighted By:: Laura Rademaker, Sally K. May, Gabriel Maralngurra and Joakim Goldhahn
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.