Bad Dreaming: Aboriginal Men's Violence Against Women & Children

Paperback small octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. 102 pp. Australian author Louis Nowra is an acclaimed playwright, novelist and screenwriter. He investigates the nationwide problem of Aboriginal male violence against their women and children. He tries to answer the question of whether this violence is traditional or a product of 200 years of white settlement. He examines traditional Aboriginal life and cites observations by early settlers, explorers and anthropologists. He also analyses a wide range of reports from various governments, health professionals, the media and from Aboriginal women and men over the past 25 years. This issue is a culturally sensitive one and to write about it is highly controversial, but he strongly believes that the issue is so important that it must be openly addressed. (From the Now Australia Series by Pluto Press Australia.).