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Autore: | Kaberry Phyllis Mary <1910, > |
Titolo: | Aboriginal woman : sacred and profane / / Phyllis M. Kaberry ; with a new pref. by Sandy Toussaint |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.48/8991509414 |
Soggetto topico: | Women, Aboriginal Australian - Australia - Kimberley (W.A.) - Social life and customs |
Soggetto geografico: | Kimberley (W.A.) Social life and customs |
Note generali: | Originally published: London : G. Routledge, 1939. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-283) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE TO NEW EDITION; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; I. WIELDERS OF THE DIGGING-STICK; II. THE SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL BACKGROUND OF THE ABORIGINAL CHILD; III. CHILDHOOD; IV. ON THE THRESHOLD OF MARRIAGE; V. THE LAWS OF MARRIAGE AND THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL; VI. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF WOMEN IN MARRIAGE; VII. THE FUNCTIONS OF WOMEN IN THE LARGER SOCIAL GROUPS; VIII. THE SPIRITUAL HERITAGE OF ABORIGINAL WOMAN; IX. WOMEN'S CEREMONIES; X. WOMEN'S SECRET CORROBOREES; XI. ABORIGINAL WOMAN-SACRED AND PROFANE; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Sommario/riassunto: | First published in 1939 by Routledge, this classic ethnography portrays the aboriginal woman as she really is - a complex social personality with her own prerogatives, duties, problems, beliefs, rituals and point of view. This groundbreaking and enduring study was researched in North-West Australia between 1935 and 1936 and was written by a woman who truly pioneered the study of gender in anthropology |
Titolo autorizzato: | Aboriginal woman |
ISBN: | 1-134-36263-3 |
1-134-36264-1 | |
1-280-15816-6 | |
0-203-98754-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910783450803321 |
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