tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752351288638602539.post6502357023781916307..comments2023-11-05T12:38:40.502+00:00Comments on Reading books, Reading stories, Reading Life: Short Story:Singing my Sister Down by Margo LanaganJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904771329502876178noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752351288638602539.post-32935012273196451272014-10-20T10:28:07.140+01:002014-10-20T10:28:07.140+01:00Margo Lanagan actually did state in an interview w...Margo Lanagan actually did state in an interview with Lisa Morton, that this story has connections to African culture: "It was inspired by a documentary about similar tar pits near a village in Africa. I didn’t want to pin it down to a particular culture, but the whiffs of specificity that are there are mostly African influenced." So, I believe you were right in assuming that :)Emmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752351288638602539.post-18673233084389710862014-01-31T14:36:58.199+00:002014-01-31T14:36:58.199+00:00Lanagan herself said the story came to her from wa...Lanagan herself said the story came to her from watching a documentary film about an African village.<br />RamonaRamonanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752351288638602539.post-23247787656977859452013-05-07T13:36:06.449+01:002013-05-07T13:36:06.449+01:00The author is Australian. It could be an Aborigine...The author is Australian. It could be an Aborigine custom that is being played out here. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752351288638602539.post-882155321756600652013-03-06T20:14:17.520+00:002013-03-06T20:14:17.520+00:00any online link to the story?any online link to the story?nikhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12053912767240306120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752351288638602539.post-21502765447072009542009-12-14T22:45:39.554+00:002009-12-14T22:45:39.554+00:00Hi, you're right, it could be any of those cul...Hi, you're right, it could be any of those cultures, or many others. I said African because that was the impression I got. Not because it was disturbing, but simply because it was the first tribal nation that occurred to me. I think that what culture it is supposed to be referencing is not overly relevant, it is just the merging of different cultures that is important to the story.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904771329502876178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752351288638602539.post-65601895829089520872009-12-11T15:49:48.396+00:002009-12-11T15:49:48.396+00:00If there's a chief then it could be anywhere, ...If there's a chief then it could be anywhere, not just Africa. It could Oceania, Native America, Aboriginal Australia, Indigenous South America, Mongolia, even Celtic. Why did you automatically assume it was African? Is it because it was a disturbing ritual?<br /><br />The Reader<br /><a href="http://www.imabookworm.com/" rel="nofollow">I'm a Bookworm</a>The Readerhttp://imabookworm.comnoreply@blogger.com