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The author looks at the autobiographical writings of two Aboriginal women with specific focus on their adolescent memories. Particular attention is given to the way each narrator increases her level of personal agency in adolescence, making decisions that condition their respective futures.
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Author's note: I am deeply grateful to Aunty Ruby Langford Ginibi for her generous support. I would also like to thank Cathy Ellis for her helpful comments on previous versions of the material.
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A Ticket to Nowhere : Coming-of-Age in Two Twentieth-Century Indigenous Australian Memoirs
Subjects:
- Don't Take Your Love to Town 1988 single work autobiography
- Over My Tracks 1993 single work autobiography
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