Reading The Country
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. The cover appears slightly worn with minor shelf wear consistent with a used copy.
Reading the Country is a landmark work of collaborative art, storytelling, and cultural theory that presents the Broome region of Western Australia through the intertwined voices of an Aboriginal elder, a painter, and an academic. The book chronicles the landscape of the Kimberley through the eyes of Paddy Roe, a Goolarabooloo elder, whose oral narratives are woven together with Krim Benterrak's vivid paintings and Stephen Muecke's theoretical writings to create a rich, multidimensional portrait of place and belonging. Pioneering in its approach, the work challenges conventional Western notions of land, history, and narrative by centering Indigenous knowledge systems and storytelling traditions. It argues that country is not merely a physical space but a living text inscribed with memory, law, and spiritual meaning. This groundbreaking collaboration remains a touchstone of Australian cultural studies, postcolonial theory, and Indigenous literature.
Author: Krim Benterrak, Stephen Muecke, Paddy Roe
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. The cover appears slightly worn with minor shelf wear consistent with a used copy.
Reading the Country is a landmark work of collaborative art, storytelling, and cultural theory that presents the Broome region of Western Australia through the intertwined voices of an Aboriginal elder, a painter, and an academic. The book chronicles the landscape of the Kimberley through the eyes of Paddy Roe, a Goolarabooloo elder, whose oral narratives are woven together with Krim Benterrak's vivid paintings and Stephen Muecke's theoretical writings to create a rich, multidimensional portrait of place and belonging. Pioneering in its approach, the work challenges conventional Western notions of land, history, and narrative by centering Indigenous knowledge systems and storytelling traditions. It argues that country is not merely a physical space but a living text inscribed with memory, law, and spiritual meaning. This groundbreaking collaboration remains a touchstone of Australian cultural studies, postcolonial theory, and Indigenous literature.