Stolen Motherhood - Aboriginal Mothers and Child Removal in the Stolen Generations Era

This book explores the experiences of Aboriginal mothers of Stolen Generations children, providing new insights into our understanding of this era. It reflects critically on human rights processes based on truth-telling, raising important issues about who gets to speak at such processes and whose voices are heard and validated.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Motherhood, Truth-Telling and the Bringing Them Home Inquiry
Chapter 2: Untold Suffering? Motherhood and Silence
Chapter 3: 'To the Exclusion of the Rights of the Mother': The Impact of Aboriginal 'Protection' Legislation
Chapter 4: 'Strange Anomalies': Limitations on Aboriginal Mothers' Access to Social Security
Chapter 5: 'Forcible Removal Through Employment': The Impact of the Requirement to Work on Aboriginal Mothers
Chapter 6: Monitored Motherhood: The Impact of State Surveillance and the Threat of Intervention in Aboriginal Families
Chapter 7: 'Sitting in Judgement'? Views About Aboriginal Mothering
Chapter 8: For Their Own Good? Diverse Perspectives on Aboriginal Child Removal
Chapter 9: Beyond Silence: Aboriginal Mothers' Experiences of Children Removal in the Stolen Generations Era

About the author

By Anne Maree Payne

Summary

This book explores the experiences of Aboriginal mothers of Stolen Generations children, providing new insights into our understanding of this era. It reflects critically on human rights processes based on truth-telling, raising important issues about who gets to speak at such processes and whose voices are heard and validated.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Maree Payne, Payne Anne Maree
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9781793618641
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-864-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, LAW / Child Advocacy, Indigenous Peoples, Social Work, Jurisprudence & general issues, Jurisprudence and general issues, Family law: children, Legal skills: advocacy, Advocacy, LAW / Indigenous Law & Legal Systems