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Whitefella Jump Up: The Shortest Way To Nationhood
Author(s): Germaine Greer (Author)
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication Date: January 1, 2004
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 1861977395
- ISBN-13: 9781861977397
Book Description
Although racism is a problem almost everywhere in the world, it is most acute with displaced indigenous people. White Australia, with its terrible treatment of Aborigines, is an extreme case study. In this incisive essay, Germaine Greer shows how it could, should, and must be different. The problem is not the Aborigines but the settler society and what it has done to the country. By extension, her line of reasoning applies to race relations throughout the world, and she argues with wit, anger, passion, and supremely memorable prose. Germaine Greer’s many books include The Beautiful Boy, The Obstacle Race, The Whole Woman, and the feminist classic, The Female Eunuch, one of the most widely read books of its day.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Whitefella Jump Up… jump–starts the stalled debate about black and white relations.” — Australian Book Review
“A provocative essay.” —
Kirkus ReviewsFrom the Publisher
Although racism is a problem almost everywhere in the world, it is most acute with displaced indigenous people. White Australia, with its terrible treatment of Aborigines, is an extreme case study. In this incisive essay, Germaine Greer shows how it could, should, and must be different. The problem is not the Aborigines but the “settler society” and what it has done to the country. By extension, her line of reasoning applies to race relations throughout the world, and, as always with Germaine Greer, she argues with wit, anger, passion, and supremely memorable prose. Germaine Greer is one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of our age. Her many books include The Beautiful Boy, The Obstacle Race, The Whole Woman, and the feminist classic, The Female Eunuch, one of the most widely read books of its day.
