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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457375803321

Autore

Bell Diane <1943->

Titolo

Daughters of the dreaming [[electronic resource] /] / Diane Bell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1993

ISBN

0-8166-8571-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Disciplina

305.3/889915

Soggetti

Women, Aboriginal Australian - Australia - Northern Territory - Rites and ceremonies

Women, Aboriginal Australian - Australia - Northern Territory - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Australian National University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-326) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS AND DIAGRAMS; FOREWORD TO SECOND EDITION; I: INTO THE FIELD; II: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY; III: THE SUSTAINING IDEALS: LAND, LOVE AND WELL-BEING; IV: WE FOLLOW ONE LAW; V: THE PROBLEM OF WOMEN; APPENDIX 1; APPENDIX 2; EPILOGUE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A NOTE ON ORTHOGRAPHY; GLOSSARY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This new edition, which is based on research done in the 1970's, includes an epilogue in which Bell reflects on her original fieldwork from the perspective of the 1990's, examining the changes in the field and in feminist theory and practice.