Of Marriage, Violence and Sorcery : The Quest for Power in Northern Queensland
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0754644650
ISBN-13
9780754644651
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 22nd, 2005
Print length
296 Pages
Weight
692 grams
Dimensions
24.10 x 16.20 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Indigenous peoplesSociology: family & relationshipsSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnography
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This is a fascinating exploration of the relationship between marriage, violence and sorcery in an Australian Aboriginal community. Of Marriage, Violence and Sorcery offers an archive of valuable primary materials, drawing on the author’s forty-year knowledge of the community on Mornington Island.
This is a fascinating exploration of the relationship between marriage, violence and sorcery in an Australian Aboriginal Community, drawing on David McKnights extensive research on Mornington Island. The case studies, which occurred both before and after a Presbyterian Mission was established on the island, allow McKnight to show how the complexities of kin ties and increased sexual competition help to explain incidences of violence and sorcery, without resorting to psychiatric justifications. He demonstrates that kin ties both stimulated conflict and helped to mitigate it. Following on from McKnights previous book, Going the Whitemans Way (Ashgate 2004), Of Marriage, Violence and Sorcery offers an archive of valuable primary materials, drawing on the authors forty-year knowledge of the community on Mornington Island.
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