What Now : : Everyday Endurance and Social Intensity in an Australian Aboriginal Community / / Cameo Dalley.

Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork undertaken since 2006, the book addresses some of the most topical aspects of remote Aboriginal life in Australia. This includes the role of kinship and family, relationships to land and sea, and cross-cultural relations with non-Aboriginal residents. There...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (252 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Acknowledgements --
Notes on Text --
Abbreviations --
Introduction A RETURN --
1 LOCATING THE STATE --
2 WHITEFELLAS AND BLACKFELLAS --
3 CONTEMPORARY ABORIGINAL FAMILY --
4 ALCOHOL MANAGEMENT AND VIOLENCE --
5 CONNECTIONS TO LAND AND SEA --
Conclusion MANY RETURNS --
Appendix RESIDENTIAL SURVEY 2010 --
References --
Index
Summary:Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork undertaken since 2006, the book addresses some of the most topical aspects of remote Aboriginal life in Australia. This includes the role of kinship and family, relationships to land and sea, and cross-cultural relations with non-Aboriginal residents. There is also extensive treatment of contemporary issues relating to alcohol consumption, violence and the impact of systemic ill health. This richly detailed portrayal provides a nuanced account of everyday endurance and social intensity on Mornington Island.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781789208863
9783110997699
DOI:10.1515/9781789208863?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Cameo Dalley.