dark secret poem by jeanine leane summary
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This is a hard-hitting uncompromising look at white inscription of black history and experience in Australia. Leane’s work is direct, clear-eyed and pulls no punches. Her expression is direct and will certainly bring tears to the eyes of both black and white Australians – though possibly for different reasons. Leane’s is an original voice, informed by her research and by her heart.
About the Jeanine Leane
Jeanine Leane is a Wiradjuri woman from south-west New South Wales. She is currently employed as a research fellow at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). AIATSIS is a premier national multidisciplinary research institution focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. It has a special mission to provide leadership and excellence in undertaking, promoting and facilitating leading edge research in Australian Indigenous Studies and increasing understanding of Indigenous cultures and societies within Australia and internationally.
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This is a selection from Jeanine's sonnet. It is distributed in her first book of ballads which recounts accounts of the experience of Aboriginal ladies—customary and contemporary—when European colonization.
Propelled by narrative and family stories from Wiradjuri ladies, it moves from open air fire to bondage to repression and through colonization.' Source: Dust coat. Henceforth it is exceptionally valuable.