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Author Moss, Rod, 1948- author, artist

Title One thousand cuts : life and art in central Australia / Rod Moss
Published St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2013
St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2013
©2013

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 MELB  759.994 Mos/Otc  AVAILABLE
Description x, 251 pages : illustrations (some colour), map, portraits ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents Machine generated contents note: Stone Slingers -- A New Caterpillar -- And So My Dreams -- Noughts and Crosses -- Apology -- Where Art and Life Collide -- Race Day -- Farewell Magdalene -- Blood in the Ground -- Healing Trip -- Whiteman, You are Surrounded
Summary Thirty years ago Rod Moss made his home in the stark beauty of Australia's Centre. Since then, his place in Alice Springs and the traditional lands of the Arrernte has been deepened by his enduring intimacy with the families of Whitegate camp on the town's eastern fringe. In this frank and powerful illustrated memoir, Moss gently uncovers the places where his own family and art intersect with the lives of those in the Whitegate mob. The closely connected Hayes, Johnson, Ryder and Neil families consider Moss one of their own and, through them, Moss shows us the majesty of the land, the necessity of story, the intensity of kin, the madness of violence, the tenderness of friendship, and the rhythm of grief. One Thousand Cuts continues where Moss's highly acclaimed first book, The Hard Light of Day, left off - this time in pictures as much as words. Through Moss's moving stories and his stunning paintings and photographs, we share in and celebrate his everyday life with the Whitegate mob, including their fight for a standard of living that is basic to most Australians
Analysis Aboriginal communities
Alice Springs
Art
Australian
Autobiography
Central Australia
Notes Parts of this book have been previously published, in earlier forms, in Arena, Overland, Meanjin and Barking Dogs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Audience General
Tertiary/Undergraduate
Notes Winner of the Prime Minister's Award for the non-fiction and the Northern Territory Book of the year, 2011
Subject Moss, Rod, 1948-
Art, Australian -- 21st century.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs (N.T.)
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs
Aranda (Australian people)
Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Art, Australian -- 21st century.
Art, Australian.
Artists -- Australia -- Northen Territory -- Biography
Artists -- Northen Territory -- Biography
Artists -- Northen Territory -- Alice Springs -- Australia -- Alice Springs (N.T.)
Artists -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Biography.
Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Alice Springs (N.T.)
Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography.
Painting, Australian -- 21st century.
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 2013433555
ISBN 9780702249686 (hardback)
Other Titles 1000 cuts : life and art in central Australia