'We Must Become Gatekeepers': Editing Indigenous Writing.
With the proliferation of Indigenous texts currently published by specialist and mainstream publishers, non-Indigenous editors increasingly find themselves negotiating the uncomfortable territories of race, politics and power for which current training (in an Australian context) leaves them poorly p...
| Publicado en: | New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice & Theory of Creative Writing Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 133 - 150 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2009
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=44747234&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 44747234 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14790726 V4D jtl: New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice & Theory of Creative Writing issn: 14790726 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2009 vid: 6 iid: 2 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 44747234 10.1080/14790720903216685 ppf: 133 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 125KB tig: atl: 'We Must Become Gatekeepers': Editing Indigenous Writing. aug: au: Freeman, Robin affil: Deakin University, School of Communication and Creative Arts, Faculty of Arts and Education, 221 Burwod Highway, Burwood, 3125, Australia su: Aboriginal Australian literature Australian literature Editing Heiss, Anita, 1968- Eurocentrism Bradford, Clare Ethics Australia sug: subj: Australia Aboriginal Australian literature Australian literature Editing Heiss, Anita, 1968- Eurocentrism Bradford, Clare Ethics keyword: authors collaboration editing identity publishing teaching ab: With the proliferation of Indigenous texts currently published by specialist and mainstream publishers, non-Indigenous editors increasingly find themselves negotiating the uncomfortable territories of race, politics and power for which current training (in an Australian context) leaves them poorly prepared. Indigenous writer Anita Heiss advocates the employment of Indigenous editors as an 'ideal' solution, though few are currently working in the Australian industry. Margaret McDonell, an experienced non-Indigenous editor of Indigenous texts, suggests non-Indigenous editors need to 'undertake a journey of learning' during which 'assumptions, biases, tastes and preconceptions' are examined. Yet this presents a difficult task within a postcolonial society, when, as identified by Clare Bradford, even the classification of texts into genres such as fiction and the short story represents an entirely Eurocentric construct, 'not readily correspond[ing] with Aboriginal schemata'. The Australian Society of Authors' discussion paper 'Writing about Indigenous Australia: Some Issues to Consider and Protocols to Follow' provides practical guidelines that may be adapted for editorial use. This article canvasses these and other ideas with a focus on establishing an ethical and appropriately sensitive cross-cultural approach to editing Indigenous writing. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice & Theory of Creative Writing is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice & Theory of Creative Writing holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2009 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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