Phyllis M. Kaberry ; with a new pref. by Sandy Toussaint.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xli, 294 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, 1 map
GENERAL NOTES
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Originally published: London : G. Routledge, 1939.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-283) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Chapter I WIELDERS OF THE DIGGING-STICK -- chapter II THE SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL BACKGROUND OF THE ABORIGINAL CHILD -- chapter III CHILDHOOD -- chapter IV ON THE THRESHOLD OF MARRIAGE -- chapter V THE LAWS OF MARRIAGE AND THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL -- chapter VI RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF WOMEN IN MARRIAGE -- chapter VII THE FUNCTIONS OF WOMEN IN THE LARGER SOCIAL GROUPS -- chapter VIII THE SPIRITUAL HERITAGE OF ABORIGINAL WOMAN -- chapter IX WOMEN'S CEREMONIES -- chapter X WOMEN'S SECRET CORROBOREES -- chapter XI ABORIGINAL WOMAN--SACRED AND PROFANE.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Providing remarkable insights into Australian Aboriginal society through the vantage point of women, Aboriginal Woman Sacred and Profane illustrates the importance of the study of gender in anthropology. Phyllis Kaberry was the first anthropologist to examine and understand the fullness of Aboriginal women's lives, which had hitherto been classified as restricted and uninvolved with religious practice. She portrayed the Aboriginal woman in a realistic light, as a complex social personality with her own prerogatives, duties, problems, beliefs, rituals and points of view." "In her new preface, Sandy Toussaint looks at how Aboriginal Woman Sacred and Profane came to be written, the book's original context and its influence on the study of gender in anthropology."--Jacket.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Aboriginal woman.
International Standard Book Number
0415319994
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Women, Aboriginal Australian-- Australia-- Kimberley (W.A.)-- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Women's Studies.
Women, Aboriginal Australian-- Social life and customs.