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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452907103321

Autore

Montagu Ashley <1905-1999., >

Titolo

Coming into being among the Australian Aborigines : a study of the procreative beliefs of the native tribes of Australia / / Ashley Montagu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

0-415-33058-0

1-315-01793-8

1-136-54837-8

Edizione

[[Fully revised and expanded Second edition].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (472 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. South Pacific and Australia ; ; IX

Disciplina

299/.9

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs

Aboriginal Australians - Religion

Childbirth - Religious aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1974 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction2. The Arunta, the type pattern of Australian culture3. The procreative beliefs of the Central Australian Aborigines4. The procreative beliefs of the native tribes of Northern Australia5. The procreative beliefs of the native tribes of North-Eastern Australia, Queensland, and Cape York Peninsula6. The procreative beliefs of the native tribes of North-Western Australia7. The procreative beliefs of the native tribes of Western Australia8. The procreative beliefs of the native tribes of Southern, South-Eastern, and Eastern Australia9. A summary account of the procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines10. The critical theories relating to the procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines11. Phallic ceremonies and so-called phallic worship12. Subincision and its alleged relationship to procreation13. Maternity and paternity in Australia14. Nescience, science, and psychoanalysis15. Tradition, experience, and belief

Sommario/riassunto

Ashley Montagu here brings together all the evidence bearing upon the procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines and subjects it to a scientific examination in the light of biological, social and psychological



research.