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Position Doubtful: Mapping landscapes and memories (Paperback, Ed)
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Position Doubtful: Mapping landscapes and memories (Paperback, Ed)
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Imagine the document you have before you is not a book but a map.
It is well-used, creased, and folded, so that when you open it, no
matter how carefully, something tears and a line that is neither
latitude nor longitude opens in the hidden geography of the place
you are about to enter. Since the publication of her prize-winning
memoir Craft for a Dry Lake, in 2000, writer and artist Kim Mahood
has been returning to the Tanami desert country in far
north-western Australia where, as a child, she lived with her
family on a remote cattle station. The land is timeless, but much
has changed- the station has been handed back to its traditional
owners; the mining companies have arrived; and Aboriginal art has
flourished. Comedy and tragedy, familiarity and uncertainty are
Mahood's constant companions as she immerses herself in the life of
a small community and in groundbreaking mapping projects. What
emerges in Position Doubtful is a revelation of the significance of
the land to its people - and of the burden of history. Mahood is an
artist of astonishing versatility. She works with words, with
paint, with installations, and with performance art. Her writing
about her own work and collaborations, and about the work of the
desert artists, is profoundly enlightening, making palpable the
link between artist and country. This is a beautiful and intense
exploration of friendships, landscape, and homecoming. Written with
great energy and humour, Position Doubtful offers a unique portrait
of the complexities of black and white relations in contemporary
Australia. 'A shimmering, evocative memoir (that is) required
reading for anyone interested in contemporary Aboriginal Australia
a Position Doubtful opens the heart to understanding.' -
Books+Publishing Mahood is a writer of country. Her chapters unfurl
like the ribbons of red dune ...The rich pulse of country makes the
heart quake with recognition. Position Doubtful has the scale and
delicacy of desert and records genuine Aboriginal voice and
emotion. - Bruce Pascoe, award-winning author of Dark Emu, Fog a
Dox, and Convincing Ground (Mahood) is a talented writer whose
mastery of the language is absolute. The combination of an artist's
eye, a mapmaker's precision, and a wordsmith's playfulness makes
for a work of captivating beauty a a significant and timely work. -
Weekend Australian
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