An appreciation of difference [[electronic resource] ] : W.E.H. Stanner and Aboriginal Australia / / edited by Melinda Hinkson and Jeremy Beckett

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459442703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Canberra, A.C.T., : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2008
• ISBN: 0-85575-724-8; 0-85575-685-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HinksonMelinda; BeckettJeremy
• Disciplina: 301.092
• Soggetti: Anthropologists - Australia; Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs; Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographic references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Diverse fields -- pt. 2. In pursuit of transcendent value -- pt. 3. Land and people -- pt. 4. A pulic intellectual.
• Sommario/riassunto: "WEH Stanner was a public intellectual whose work reached beyond the walls of the academy, and he remains a highly significant figure in Aboriginal affairs and Australian anthropology. Educated by Radcliffe-Brown in Sydney and Malinowski in London, he undertook anthropological work in Australia, Africa and the Pacific. Stanner contributed much to public understandings of the Dreaming and the significance of Aboriginal religion. His 1968 broadcast lectures, After the Dreaming, continue to be among the most widely quoted works in the field of Aboriginal studies. He also produced some exceptionally evocative biographical portraits of Aboriginal people. Stanners writings on post-colonial development and assimilation policy urged an appreciation of Indigenous peoples distinctive world views and aspirations"--Provided by publisher.