'Less was hidden among these children': Géza Roheim, anthropology and the politics of Aboriginal childhood / John Morton -- Envisioning lives at Ernabella / Katrina Tjitayi and Sandra Lewis -- Warungka: becoming and unbecoming a Warlpiri person / Yasmine Musharbash -- Fathers and sons, trajectories of self: reflections on Pintupi lives and futures / Fred R. Myers -- Sand storytelling: its social meaning in Anangu children's lives / Ute Eickelkamp -- Young children's social meaning making in a new mixed language / Carmel O'Shannessy -- The yard / Craig San Roque -- Organization within disorder: the present and future of young people in the Ngaanyatjarra lands / David Brooks -- Being Mardu: change and challenge for some Western Desert young people today / Myrna Tonkinson -- Invisible and visible loyalties in racialized contexts: a systematic perspective on Aboriginal youth / Marika Moisseeff
Summary
Surprisingly little research has been carried out about how Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world and imagine the future. This volume presents recent and original studies of life experiences outside the institutional settings of childcare and education, of those growing up in contemporary Central Australia or with strong links to the region. Focusing on the remote communities - roughly 1,200 across the continent - the volume includes case studies of language and family life in small country towns and urban contexts. These studies expertly show t
Analysis
Australia
Central Australia
Aboriginal children
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-292) and index
