Tripping Over Feathers - Scenes in the Life of Joy Janaka Wiradjuri Williams (Paperback)

Joy Janaka Wiradjuri Williams was a member of the Aboriginal Stolen Generations. She was taken from her mother at birth and put into a home for white girls. As an effected adult, she spent ten years in court suing the Australia's State Government for negligence. Not only did Joy lose the case, but lost two separate appeals. Several years later she was found dead, alone, in her Primbee flat in New South Wales. In this book, Peter Read - an award-winning author and prominent historian of Aboriginal history - tells Joy Williams's story, which exemplifies the detrimental effects of Aboriginal children removed from their mothers at birth. Joy suffered abuse, anger, violence, and mental illness. The book is a new style of biography, written in direct speech and dramatized, often using Joy's own words, with a reverse chronology from death to birth. Tripping over Feathers offers rare historical insight into the institutions, street life, and Indigenous and urban culture from 1942 to 2006. Also included are many of Joy Janaka Wiradjuri Williams's poems.

General

Imprint:	UWAP
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	Peter Read
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-1-921401-35-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > Child abuse Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-921401-35-4
Barcode:	9781921401350

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