| Description |
[xiv], 341 pages : illustrations, tbls., maps, ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Before it is too late / A. P. Elkin -- Prolegomena to a study of genealogies in north-eastern Arnhem land / Catherine H. Berndt -- Local exogamy and the wife's mother in aboriginal Australia / Warren Shapiro -- Demographic factors in Pitjandjara social organization / Aram A. Yengoyan -- Geography and the totemic landscape in central Australia : a functional study / T. G. H. Strehlow -- The transformation of subjects into objects in Walbiri and Pitjantjatjara myth / Nancy D. Munn -- A decision as narrative / Marie Reay -- Myths of the acquisition of fire in northern and eastern Australia / Kenneth Maddock -- Buluwandi : a central Australian ceremony for the resolution of conflict / Nicolas Peterson -- Traditional morality as expressed through the medium of an Australian aboriginal religion / Ronald M. Berndt -- Stability and change : present-day historic aspects among Australian aborigines / Helmut Petri and Gisela Petri-Odermann -- Aboriginal dream-spirit beliefs in a contact situation : Jigalong, Western Australia / Robert Tonkinson -- Polygyny, acculturation and contact : aspects of aboriginal marriage in central Australia / Jeremy Long -- The impact of urbanization on aboriginal marriage patterns / Fay Gale |
| Summary |
Papers presented at Social Anthropology symposium during A.I.A.S. General Meeting, Canberra, May 1968; Contents; R.M. Berndt - Introduction; A.P. Elkin - Before it is too late; C.H. Berndt - Prolegomena to a study of genealogies in north - eastern Arnhem Land; W. Shapiro - Local exogamy and the wifes mother in Aboriginal Australia; A.A. Yengoyan Demographic factors in Pitjandjara social organization; T.G.H. Strehlow - Geography and the totemic landscape in Central Australia; a functional study; N.D. Munn - The transformation of subjects into objects in Walbiri and Pitjantjatjara myth; M. Reay - A decision as narrative; K. Maddock - Myths of the acquisition of fire in northern and eastern Australia; N. Peterson - Buluwandi; a Central Australian ceremony for the resolution of conflict; R.M. Berndt - Traditional morality as expressed through the medium of an Australian Aboriginal religion; H. Petri and G. Petri-Odermann Stability and change; present - day historic aspects among Australian Aborigines; R. Tonkinson Aboriginal dream - spirit beliefs in a contact situation; Jigalong, Western Australia; J. Long Polygyny, acculturation and contact; aspects of Aboriginal marriage in Central Australia; F. Gale The impact of urbanization on Aboriginal marriage patterns; all contributions listed separately in bibliography |
| Analysis |
Aboriginal Australians - History |
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Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs |
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Anthropology |
| Notes |
"This volume is a result of a symposium on social anthropology held in Canberra in May 1968 as part of the programme arranged for the general meeting of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies" --Introd |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
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Copy 4 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Congresses.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Ethnology -- Australia -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Berndt, Ronald M. (Ronald Murray), 1916-1990.
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Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
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| LC no. |
74138971 |
| ISBN |
0855640448 |
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