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UNINA9910824952803321 |
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Autore |
Bell Diane |
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Titolo |
Ngarrindjeri wurruwarrin : a world that is, was, and will be / / by Diane Bell |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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North Melbourne, Australia, : Spinifex Press, 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-74219-444-3 |
1-74219-240-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (706 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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306.089915 |
306.089991509423 |
306.0899915094231 |
813.6 |
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Soggetti |
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Aboriginal Australians - Australia - Hindmarsh Island (S. Aust.) |
Narrinyeri (Australian people) - Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Maps; Dedication; Prologue: Being Here; Part One: Ngarrindjeri A Distinctive Weave; 1 Weaving the World of Ngarrindjeri; 2 Shared Designs, Different Strands; 3 Singing: "Pakari Nganawi Ruwi" (Prayer song for my country); 4 Family, Friends and Other Relations; 5 A Land Alive: Embodying and Knowing the Country; 6 Signs and Sorcery: Finding Meaning in a Changing World; Part Two: The Politics of Knowledge; 7 Respecting the Rules: Oral and Written Cultures; 8 Sorting the Sources: Writing about the Lower Murray |
9 Women's Beliefs, Bodies and Practices; 10 Sacred Orders: A weave of clans, stories and sanctions; Epilogue: Whither?; Notes; A Ngarrindjeri Time-line; Bibliography; Permissions; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This finely textured ethnography weaves written texts with the voices of women and men who struggle to protect their sacred sites. It provides a deeper understanding of lives profoundly affected by two centuries of colonization. |
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