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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781789208856
  • 9781789208863
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.899150943 23
LOC classification:
  • GN667.Q4 .D355 2021
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781789208863

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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