Ngarrindejeri Wurruwarrin : a World That is, Was and Will be.
This study examines the culture, politics and history of the Ngarrindjeri people and the burning issue of the "women's business" in the Hindmarsh Island bridge case.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
Spinifex Press,
1998.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 Practices10 Sacred Orders: A weave of clans, stories and sanctions; Epilogue: Whither?; Notes; A Ngarrindjeri Time-line; Bibliography; Permissions; Index