A Place for Strangers : Towards a History of Australian Aboriginal Being

Name: A Place for Strangers
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521446914
Price: 7450 KES
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ISBN: 9780521446914

by Tony Swain

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0521446910

ISBN-13 9780521446914

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 9th, 1993

Print length 316 Pages

Weight 570 grams

Dimensions 22.90 x 15.50 x 2.10 cms

Product Classification: Australia Tribal religions Anthropology Physical anthropology Traditional African religions and spiritual beliefs

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This controversial and provocative 1993 book is a detailed and continent-wide study of the impact of outsiders on Australian Aboriginal world-views. The author investigates Aboriginal myth, ritual, cosmology and philosophy, and also examines social organisation, subsistence patterns and cultural change.

Many of the elements ascribed to traditional Aboriginal beliefs and practices are the result of contact with external peoples - Melanesians and Indonesians, as well as Europeans. This controversial and provocative 1993 book is a detailed and continent-wide study of the impact of outsiders on Australian Aboriginal world-views. The author separates out a common core of religious beliefs which reflect the precontact spirituality of Australian Aborigines. This book investigates Aboriginal myth, ritual, cosmology and philosophy, and also examines social organisation, subsistence patterns and cultural change. It will be of great interest to readers in anthropology, religious studies, comparative philosophy and Aboriginal studies.

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