{"product_id":"writing-from-the-fringe-a-study-of-modern-aboriginal-literature-by-mudrooroo-narogin","title":"'Writing from the Fringe: A Study of Modern Aboriginal Literature' by Mudrooroo Narogin","description":"\u003ch4\u003ePublished in 1990, \u003cem\u003eWriting from the Fringe\u003c\/em\u003e was one of the earliest substantial attempts to describe modern Aboriginal literature as its own intellectual and aesthetic tradition, rather than a minor annex to white Australian writing.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMudrooroo moves across fiction, poetry, theatre, oral narrative, music and autobiography, discussing writers including Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Lionel Fogarty, Kevin Gilbert, Archie Weller, Ruby Langford Ginibi and Sally Morgan. His central question is not simply what Aboriginal writers produce, but who their work is expected to address: their own communities, the invading culture, or an unstable readership divided between both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is also now an unusually complicated historical object. Mudrooroo became a major authority on Aboriginal literature, yet his own claim to Aboriginal ancestry was publicly disputed from 1996 onwards. That controversy gives particular pressure to a study concerned with authenticity, community authority, assimilation and who may define Aboriginal writing. The analysis remains influential, but it can no longer be read innocently; the critic who positioned himself at the fringe eventually became part of the argument over who gets to speak from it. \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition, Hyland House paperback, 1990. Good condition with light cover wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45722744848467,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/thebowerbooker-2026-06-21T114359.312.png?v=1782006271","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/writing-from-the-fringe-a-study-of-modern-aboriginal-literature-by-mudrooroo-narogin","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}