The Politics of Suffering, 2nd Edition

Incandescent, emotional, tragic and challenging.” —Marcia Langton, Foundation Chair in Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne

“In the often-tortuous terrain of indigenous politics, Peter Sutton is a myth-buster. Through personal observation, forensic rigor and an anthropologist’s eye, he questions the foundations on which 40 years of public policy, often imposed with bipartisan goodwill, has been constructed.” —Russell Skelton, contributor, Age

“I expect that this book will become the yardstick by which most recent critiques of indigenous affairs policy and what comes out on the subject over the next decade will be judged.” —Christopher Pearson, contributor, Weekend Australian

Peter Sutton is an anthropologist and linguist who has worked with Aboriginal people since 1969. He speaks three Cape York languages and as an expert on Aboriginal land ownership has assisted with fifty land rights cases. He has authored or edited twelve books, including Native Title in Australia- an Ethnographic Perspective, regarded as the most authoritative work in its field. He is an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow at the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Museum, and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

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