Maggie Wilson

A True Child of Papua New Guinea

Memoir of a Life In Two Worlds

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Produktbeschreibung

Maggie Wilson was born in the highlands of Papua New Guinea to Melka Amp Jara, a native of the highlands, and Patrick Leahy. Wilson's life serves as a window into the complex social and cultural transformations experienced during the early years of the Australian administration in Papua New Guinea and the first three decades after independence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781476677033
• ISBN-10: 1476677034
• Artikelnr.: 54612543

Autorenporträt

The late Maggie Wilson was the daughter of Melka Amp Jara, a woman of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea, and Patrick Leahy, older brother of Michael and Daniel Leahy, who were among the first Australian explorers to encounter people in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, during an expedition in search for gold.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments
Rosita Henry Prologue
Maggie Wilson Editor's Introduction
Rosita Henry
1.
Birth and Belonging
2.
Tribal Threads: The Elti Penambi
3.
Entwined: Law, Life and Land
4.
Kuta Ridge: The White Man's Station
5.
My Village Childhood
6.
Off to School
7.
My First Return
8.
Life with the Leahys
9.
Australia in the 1970s 10.
Picking Up Threads: Back to PNG 11.
Motherhood: Bernadine 12.
Working Woman 13.
Tying the Knot 14.
A Village Baby: Olivia 15.
Here Comes Maki 16.
The Gift of Nadia 17.
Weaving Threads: Women and Politics 18.
Making Pictures 19.
Friendship Bonds: Haus Poroman
Rosita Henry 20.
Mending Breaks: Haus Krai
Rosita Henry 21.
Reflections: Tying Up Loose Ends
Rosita Henry Chapter Notes References Index