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Remote avant-garde : aboriginal art under occupation

In Remote Avant-Garde Jennifer Loureide Biddle interrogates the avant-garde art of Aboriginal communities in the Australian desert, showing how it is an act of survival in the face of state occupation and a means to revive at-risk vernacular languages and cultural heritages.
Print Book, English, 2016
Duke University Press, Durnham, 2016
XV, [3], 265 s. : il. ; 24 cm.
9780822360551, 9780822360711, 9780822374602, 0822360551, 0822360713, 0822374609
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List of Illustrations  vii Acknowledgments  xiii Introduction. The Imperative to Experiment  1 1. Humanitarian Imperialism  21 Part I. Biliteracies 2. Tangentyere Artists  41 3. June Walkutjukurr Richards  77 4. Rhonda Unurupa Dick  91 Part II. Hapticities 5. Tjanpi Desert Weavers  109 6. Warnayaka Art: Yurlpa  139 7. Yarrenyty Arltere Artists  159 Part III. Happenings 8. Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route  181 9. The Warburton Arts Project  197 Epilogue: (Not) a "Lifestyle Choice"  217 Notes  221 Further Resources  233 References  235 Index  257