{"product_id":"songspirals-gaywu-group-of-women-9781760633219","title":"Songspirals: Sharing Women's Wisdom of Country Through Songlines","description":"Joint winner of the 2020 Prime Minister's Award for Non-Fiction. \u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the 2020 Victorian Premier's Award for Non-Fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'We want you to come with us on our journey, our journey of songspirals. Songspirals are the essence of people in this land, the essence of every clan. We belong to the land and it belongs to us. We sing to the land, sing about the land. We are that land. It sings to us.' \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aboriginal Australian cultures are the oldest living cultures on earth and at the heart of Aboriginal cultures is song. These ancient narratives of landscape have often been described as a means of navigating across vast distances without a map, but they are much, much more than this. Songspirals are sung by Aboriginal people to awaken Country, to make and remake the life-giving connections between people and place. Songspirals are radically different ways of understanding the relationship people can have with the landscape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Yolngu people from North East Arnhem Land, women and men play different roles in bringing songlines to life, yet the vast majority of what has been published is about men's place in songlines. \u003ci\u003eSongspirals\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare opportunity for outsiders to experience Aboriginal women's role in crying the songlines in a very authentic and direct form. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Songspirals are Life. These are cultural words from wise women. As an Aboriginal woman this is profound to learn. As a human being \u003ci\u003eSongspirals\u003c\/i\u003e is an absolute privilege to read.' -\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAli Cobby Eckermann, Yankunytjatjara poet \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'To read \u003ci\u003eSongspirals\u003c\/i\u003e is to change the way you see, think and feel this country.' - Clare Wright, award-winning historian and author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A rare and intimate window into traditional women's cultural life and their visceral connection to Country. A generous invitation for the rest of us.' - Kerry O'Brien, Walkley Award-winning journalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gay'wu Group of Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760633216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760633219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Gay'wu Group of Women","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799195267327,"sku":"9781760633219","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/songspirals-gaywu-group-of-women-9781760633219","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}