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- Title
Gender in Purple Threads: An Interview with Jeanine Leane.
- Authors
Leane, Jeanine; Wheeler, Belinda
- Abstract
An interview with Jeanine Leane, a Wiradjuri woman from Southwest New South Wales who authored "Purple Threads" published in 2011. Topics discussed the activism of Aboriginal women, the meaning of the colour purple in her novel and Western sexism. It also discusses the impact of gender and racial inequality in her life and writing and the significance of male and female characters in her book in terms of solidarity, gender and women empowerment.
- Subjects
LEANE, Jeanine; WOMEN authors; WIRADJURI (Australian people); PURPLE Threads (Book); INDIGENOUS women
- Publication
Hecate, 2014, Vol 40, Issue 2, p84
- ISSN
0311-4198
- Publication type
Interview