Helene Thiesen

Greenland's Stolen Indigenous Children (eBook, ePUB)

A Personal Testimony
Übersetzer: Minton, Stephen James

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, author Helene Thiesen recounts her experience of being forcibly removed from her family in Greenland as a young Inuk child, to be 're-educated' in Denmark and an orphanage in Greenland. With an introductory analysis from Stephen James Minton, the account serves as a powerful testimony of a devastating colonial experiment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000781199
• Artikelnr.: 65847965

Autorenporträt

Helene Thiesen was one of the twenty-two Inuit children who, in 1951, were taken from their families in Greenland to be 're-educated' in Denmark. After a career in children's education herself, she has written a book about her experiences, which appears here in English for the first time.

Stephen James Minton is the translator and editor of this book. He is an Associate Professor in Applied Psychology at the University of Plymouth, UK, and a part-time Associate Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Southeastern Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

TRANSLATOR'S FOREWORD
Stephen James Minton GREENLAND'S STOLEN INDIGENOUS CHILDREN AND THE SHADOW OF AN 'EXPERIMENT'
Stephen James Minton FOREWORD TO THE DANISH- AND GREENLANDIC-LANGUAGE EDITIONS
Tine Bryld FOR DILIGENCE AND GOOD BEHAVIOUR: TESTIMONY FROM AN EXPERIMENT
Helene Thiesen 1. Godthåb
1951 2. Historical Background 3. Denmark
1951 4. Godthåb
1952 5. 1953 - 1956 6. 1957 - 1960 7. What Happened Afterwards Thanks About Helene Thiesen TRANSLATOR'S AFTERWORD
Stephen James Minton