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Author Merlan, Francesca

Title Caging the rainbow : places, politics, and aborigines in a North Australian town / Francesca Merlan
Published Honolulu : University of Hawaiì Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents 1. Places and People of Katherine Town -- 2. From Place to Town -- 3. We Useta Walk Around, All the People -- 4. Tribes and Town -- 5. Imposition and Imitation: Changing Directions in Aboriginal Affairs -- 6. Struggles in Town Space -- 7. Do Places Appear? Further Struggle in Space -- 8. Conclusions
Summary Explores the lives of Aborigines in the small town of Katherine, Australia. The author combines ethnography and theory to study issues surrounding the debate about the authenticity of contemporary cultural activity. The vulnerability of Fourth World peoples to others' representations of them and the ethical problems this poses are recognised
Analysis Humaniora Historie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
In English
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Subject Aboriginal Australians -- History
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
Human territoriality -- Australia -- Katherine (N.T.)
Spatial behavior -- Australia -- Katherine (N.T.)
Geographical perception -- Australia -- Katherine (N.T.)
Jawoyn people (N57) (NT SD53-09)
Wardaman people (N35) (NT SD52-16)
Dagoman people (N38) (NT SD52-12)
Anthropology -- Theory and criticism.
Race relations.
Social identity.
Sites -- Sites of significance.
Culture -- Relationship to land.
Stories and motifs -- Rainbow serpent.
Social organisation.
Land rights.
Native title.
Socioeconomic conditions.
Habitation -- Camps.
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions
Geographical perception
Human territoriality
Race relations
Social conditions
Spatial behavior
Ethnische Beziehungen
Aborigines
Weiße
Bodenrecht
Landnutzung
Konflikt
Aborigines.
Aborigènes d'Australie -- Conditions sociales.
Territorialité humaine -- Australie -- Katherine.
Perception géographique.
SUBJECT Katherine (N.T.) -- History
Katherine (N.T.) -- Social conditions
Katherine (N.T.) -- Race relations
Subject Katherine (NT Top End SD53-09)
Northern Territory -- Katherine
Katherine Northern Territory
Aborigines.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 97048596
ISBN 0585251940
9780585251943
9780824861742
0824861744