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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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North Melbourne, Australia :
Spinifex,
2014.
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Edición: | New edition. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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. |
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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 1742199135 9781742199153 1742199151 |