Buch, Englisch, 315 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 460 g
Towards a History of Australian Aboriginal Being
Buch, Englisch, 315 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 460 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-44691-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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 book is the first 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.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Indigene Religionen Indigene Religionen Amerikas
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Indigene Religionen Indigene Religionen Asiens, Australasiens und Ozeaniens
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Indigene Religionen Indigene Religionen Afrikas
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction; 1. Worlds to endure; 2. Songs of a wayfarer; 3. A new sky hero from a conquered land; 4. Our mother from northern shores; 5. From the mother to the millennium; Conclusion.
