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

In Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin, Diane Bell invites her readers into the complex and contested world of the cultural beliefs and practices of the Ngarrindjeri of South Australia; teases out the meanings and misreadings of the written sources; traces changes and continuities in oral accounts; challenges...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bell, Diane (Autor)
Otros Autores: Mackenzie, Janet (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: North Melbourne, Australia : Spinifex, 2014.
Edición:New edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin, Diane Bell invites her readers into the complex and contested world of the cultural beliefs and practices of the Ngarrindjeri of South Australia; teases out the meanings and misreadings of the written sources; traces changes and continuities in oral accounts; challenges assumptions about what Ngarrindjeri women know, how they know it, and how outsiders may know what is to be known. Wurruwarrin: knowing and believing. In 1995, a South Australian Royal Commission found Ngarrindjeri women to have?fabricated" their beliefs to stop the building of a bridge from Gool.
Notas:"Wurruwarrin: Knowing and believing in it is the answer to understanding it--Tom Trevorrow."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (750 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781742199139
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