A Companion to the Works of Kim Scott

Belinda Wheeler

New essays on the acclaimed Australian Indigenous author's entire body of work, including his novels, short stories, poetry, and his work with Indigenous language and health.

Foreword - Jeanine LeaneAcknowledgmentsNote on OrthographyChronology of Key WritingsIntroduction - Belinda WheelerKim Scott's Publishing History in Three Contexts: Australian Aboriginal, National, and International - Per HenningsgaardKim Scott's True Country as Aboriginal Bildungsroman - Brenda MachoskyThe Land Holds All Things: Kim Scott's Benang- A Guide to Postcolonial Spatiality - Lisa SlaterKim Scott's Kayang and Me: Noongar Identity and Evidence of Connection to Country - Christine Choo"Wreck/Con/Silly/Nation": Mimicry, Strategic Essentialism, and the "Friendly Frontier" in Kim Scott's That Deadman Dance - Arindam DasThe International Reception of Kim Scott's Works: A Case Study Featuring Benang - Gillian WhitlockThe International Reception of Kim Scott's Works: A Case Study Featuring Benang - Roger OsborneTraumatic Landscapes: Inscribing Spectrality and Identity in Kim Scott's "A Refreshing Sleep," "Capture," and "An Intimate Act" - Lydia Saleh RofailSpatial Poetics and the Uses of Ekphrasis in Kim Scott's "Into the Light" and Other Stories - Nathanael PreeThe Poetry of Kim Scott - Tony Hughes-d'AethThe Wirlomin Project and Kim Scott: Empowering Regional Narratives in a Globalized World of Literature - Natalie QuinlivanKim Scott as Boundary Rider: Exploring Possibilities and New Frontiers in Aboriginal Health - Rosalie ThackrahKim Scott as Boundary Rider: Exploring Possibilities and New Frontiers in Aboriginal Health - Sandra ThompsonAn Interview with Kim Scott - Belinda WheelerNotes on the ContributorsIndex