An edition of The barbarians (1971)

The Barbarians (The New Thinker's Library)

The Barbarians (The New Thinker's Library)
Catherine H. Berndt, Ronald M. ...
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An edition of The barbarians (1971)

The Barbarians (The New Thinker's Library)

Discusses meaning of civilization; p.43-58, part 2 - People outside; popular misconceptions about Aborigines, new evidence to dispel these ideas, modern research reveals deeper significance in Western Desert culture, complexity of Aboriginal songs, examples from rain magic sequence from Canning Stock Route (English only) and Gunwinggu gossip songs in English & vernacular), brief explanations of social behaviour, kinship, moieties, clans, linguistic units, stories of Djanggau Sisters, Wawalag Sisters & their accounting for social & ritual differences between men & women; plates show bark paintings (from Berndt Collection at University of Western Australia) collected in Arnhem Land, with artists name where known, the Elcho Island Memorial.

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Franklin Watts Ltd
Pages
192

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The Barbarians (The New Thinker's Library)
December 31, 1971, Franklin Watts Ltd
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Library of Congress
CB425 .B48

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
192

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Open Library
OL9455975M
ISBN 10
0296348708
ISBN 13
9780296348703
LCCN
72850431
OCLC/WorldCat
2696215

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