Snake Dreaming: The Life-Giving and Life-Taking Powers of the Snake

Abstract

Analyses the identity dilemmas in Sykes’s polemical and controversial autobiographical trilogy.

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Published 1 May 2005 in Volume 22 No. 1. Subjects: Aboriginal literature, Authenticity, Autobiographical writing, Racial identity.

Cite as: Herrero, M. Dolores. ‘Snake Dreaming: The Life-Giving and Life-Taking Powers of the Snake.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, 2005, doi: 10.20314/als.a5b3ea2bc9.