Aboriginal Family and the State

Aboriginal Family and the State

The Conditions of History

Babidge, Sally

Taylor & Francis Ltd

01/2010

292

Dura

Inglês

9780754679356

15 a 20 dias

Examines the contemporary relations and history of Indigenous families in Australia, specifically referencing issues of government control and the official recognition of Aboriginal 'traditional owners'. This title develops a discussion of the anthropological issues of kinship and relatedness within colonial and 'postcolonial' contexts.
Contents: Preface: kinship, process and history, Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart: Fieldwork, fishing and funerals; Knowledge and control, violence and protection; Under the Act; Family affairs: relations and relatedness; Home, family, polity; Meetings: social practice and the construction of identity; Elders and 'old people'; The sociality of death and funerals; Aboriginal family and the Australian state; Appendix; References; Index
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