See How We Roll: Enduring Exile between Desert and Urban Australia

See How We Roll is an intimate ethnography that follows the experiences of Nungarrayi, a Warlpiri woman from the Central Australian desert, as she struggles to establish a new life in Adelaide. It explores the enduring violence of the settler colonial state and the efforts of Indigenous people to create lives of dignity and shared purpose in the face of turbulence, grief, and tightening governmental controls.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 240 pages
\n Publication date: 25 October 2021
\n Publisher: Duke University Press
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In her captivating book, See How We Roll, Melinda Hinkson delves deep into the life of Nungarrayi, a Warlpiri woman from the Central Australian desert, as she embarks on a transformative journey to establish a new life in the bustling city of Adelaide. Banished from her hometown, Nungarrayi navigates a complex web of promises and racialized expectations on the urban streets. Through a decades-long friendship, Hinkson explores these circumstances through Nungarrayi's relationships, encompassing her deep connections with her country and kin, the challenges of her marginalized citizenship, and the new friendships forged amidst displacement and metropolitan life. This intimate ethnography offers a profound insight into the enduring violence of the settler colonial state while also shedding light on the resilient efforts of Indigenous people to create lives of dignity and shared purpose in the face of adversity, grief, and tightening governmental controls.

In her captivating book, See How We Roll, Melinda Hinkson delves deep into the life of Nungarrayi, a Warlpiri woman from the Central Australian desert, as she embarks on a transformative journey to establish a new life in the bustling city of Adelaide. Banished from her hometown, Nungarrayi navigates a complex web of promises and racialized expectations on the urban streets. Through a decades-long friendship, Hinkson explores these circumstances through Nungarrayi's relationships, encompassing her deep connections with her country and kin, the challenges of her marginalized citizenship, and the new friendships forged amidst displacement and metropolitan life. This intimate ethnography offers a profound insight into the enduring violence of the settler colonial state while also shedding light on the resilient efforts of Indigenous people to create lives of dignity and shared purpose in the face of adversity, grief, and tightening governmental controls.

\n Weight: 358g\n
Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781478014775\n \n