Wordless Wednesday, February 27
Claire G. Coleman's Terra Nullius
So Natives continued to rebel, and continued to die. Natives continued to rebel and continued to be imprisoned, to be tortured, to be executed. Natives continued to rebel.
Terra nullius -- "empty land" -- was the doctrine with which white Europeans used as the basis for invading Australia. It was codified into Australian law until the 1990s, but the impact is still felt.
A society based on dominance, genocide, and colonization can only respond in certain kinds of ways.
Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman
Small Beer Press, 2018
Copy from library
Read Harder challenge
Coleman's novel takes us to colonized Australia. Those who remember the invaders -- now the Settlers -- are grandparents; at least two generations have been born into a world of subservience and oppression. As when I first read Margaret Atwood's The Handmaiden's Tale, I struggled to understand if I was reading the past or the future; either possibility felt real.
It took me about 120ish pages to really g…
Terra nullius -- "empty land" -- was the doctrine with which white Europeans used as the basis for invading Australia. It was codified into Australian law until the 1990s, but the impact is still felt.
A society based on dominance, genocide, and colonization can only respond in certain kinds of ways.
Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman
Small Beer Press, 2018
Copy from library
Read Harder challenge
Coleman's novel takes us to colonized Australia. Those who remember the invaders -- now the Settlers -- are grandparents; at least two generations have been born into a world of subservience and oppression. As when I first read Margaret Atwood's The Handmaiden's Tale, I struggled to understand if I was reading the past or the future; either possibility felt real.
It took me about 120ish pages to really g…
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Lisa