| Description |
xviii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology |
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Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology.
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| Contents |
pt. I. The Same But Different. 1. The Same Stop. 2. Group Identity, Kin, and Leaders. 3. Country. 4. The Same Song -- pt. II. Root and Branch: Secrecy, Age, and Gender. 5. Initiation and Gender. 6. Revelation. 7. Secrecy in Public -- pt. III. Our Great Father. 8. To Make One People. 9. Conclusions -- Glossary of Yolngu Words |
| Summary |
Yolngu concept of knowledge; religious practices; interpretation of Dreaming events, country and ceremonies; initiation; revelation, transmission and control of knowledge; religious secrecy; definition of the Yolngu - social and historical context; constitution of religious belief - the Dreaming, spirit beings; variation in the interpretation of myth - stories of the Djangkawu sisters; social composition - groups, kinship classification, language, marriage and polygamy, leadership; relations to land- concept of country; totemic landscape; land disputes; rights to knowledge of the sacra; varieties of ceremonies (Rom, Garma, Djungguwan, Madayin, circumcision , wake and purification); associated songs, designs and sacred objects (rangga); role of secrecy; description of ceremonies; relation to gender and age distinctions; revelation, control and transmission of esoteric knowledge in secret and public domains - control of space and encoding; gender roles and power; religious universalism; Gunapipi ceremony and the interpretation of the Wagilak sisters myth; the adjustment movement and the Christian Revival - syncretism between Christian and Yolngu beliefs; ritual; mythology - culture heroes, snake; contemporary understanding of culture |
| Analysis |
Australian aborigines Religions |
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Aboriginal culture |
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Aborigines |
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Arnhem Land |
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Ceremonial |
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Mythology |
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Religion |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [315]-328 |
| Notes |
Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Religion.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Religion
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Yolngu (Australian people) -- Religion.
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| SUBJECT |
Arnhem Land (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007377 -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007663
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| LC no. |
93014380 |
| ISBN |
0195507525 |
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0198279000 |
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