Ngarrindjeri wurruwarrin : a world that is, was, and will be / / Diane Bell

• Autore: Bell Diane
• Pubblicazione: North Melbourne, Australia : , : Spinifex Press, , 1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (706 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.089915; 306.089991509423; 306.0899915094231; 813.6
• Soggetto topico: Aboriginal Australians - Australia - Hindmarsh Island (S. Aust.); Narrinyeri (Australian people) - Social life and customs; Oral tradition - Australia - Goolwa (S.A.); Sacred space - Australia - Goolwa (S.A.); Narrinyeri (Australian people) - Folklore
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin
• ISBN: 1-74219-444-3; 1-74219-240-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782881503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II