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Bruce Pascoe

    L'écriture de Bruce Pascoe explore en profondeur l'histoire et la culture de l'Australie, en se concentrant particulièrement sur la découverte des récits souvent négligés de ses peuples autochtones. Son œuvre met en lumière les sociétés complexes et les pratiques sophistiquées de gestion des terres qui ont existé en Australie pendant des millénaires, remettant en question les récits historiques conventionnels. Par ses contributions littéraires, Pascoe cherche à promouvoir une compréhension et un respect plus profonds des traditions et des systèmes de connaissances des autochtones australiens. Son écriture agit comme un pont vital, reliant le passé et le présent et offrant une perspective plus nuancée sur l'identité australienne.

    The Little Red Yellow Black Book
    Night Animals
    Dark Emu
    • Dark Emu

      Black Seeds: Agriculture Or Accident?

      • 277pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial Aboriginal Australians. The evidence insists that Aboriginal people right across the continent were using domesticated plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating and storing – behaviours inconsistent with the hunter-gatherer tag. Gerritsen and Gammage in their latest books support this premise but Pascoe takes this further and challenges the hunter-gatherer tag as a convenient lie. Almost all the evidence comes from the records and diaries of the Australian explorers, impeccable sources.

      Dark Emu
      4,2
    • Anthology of short stories ; includes "Black velvet night" (pp.9-12)

      Night Animals
      4,0
    • The Little Red Yellow Black Book

      An Introduction to Indigenous Australia

      • 139pages
      • 5 heures de lecture

      An in-depth introduction to Australia’s rich, indigenous culture, this pocket-sized guide is an invaluable resource for learning about the 60,000-year-old history of the country. Containing everything from history and rarely seen photographs to information on traveling respectfully, the content is written by indigenous people and follows their cultural protocols and ethics. Presented in a nonchronological approach, the guide is ultimately less a mere reference and more a story of identity and continuity.

      The Little Red Yellow Black Book
      4,1