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excellent to learn about the aboriginal culture
I used the book for an tourism Assignment. I must say it supplied sufficient information form me and it was a choice book to read.Thanks very much it was choice.

This is a highly informative and fascinating book.
One of the most comprehensive and descriptive treatises on a complex hunter and gatherer society, which until recently was still pursuing a traditional lifestyle, largely unaffected byEuropean influences. Although scholarly in intent, this work is eminently readable as it takesone deeply into the world of an ancient culture, and most particularly intothe fascinating religious life of the Mardu Aborigines of Australia'sWestern Desert, one of the world's very last frontiers.A truly exquisiteethnography, a must read for those interested in human ingenuity insurviving and thriving in one of the world's most difficult environments. I highly recommend this extraordinary account, for its empathy and deepappreciation of the human condition. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Australian Journal of Politics and History, published by University of Queensland Press on January 1, 1997. The length of the article is 1372 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Arguments About Aborigines: Australia and the Evolution of Social Anthropology. (book reviews)
Author: Bruce Rigsby
Publication: The Australian Journal of Politics and History (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1997
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Volume: v43Issue: n1Page: p86(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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A Shorter History of Australia proves Blainey's ability to get to the heart of Australia's past. After a lifetime of research and debate on Australian and international history, Blainey is well placed to introduce us to the people who have played a part and to guide us through the events which have created the Australian identity: the mania for spectator sport, the suspicion of the tall poppy, the rivalries of Catholic and Protestant, Sydney and Melbourne, new and old homelands, the conflicts of war abroad and race at home, the importance of technology, the emerging recognition of an Aboriginal past, the successes and failures of the nation. It is a broad vision on this nation's achievements. It teaches us that we are our past and the future belongs to those who remember. ... Read more

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In the nineteenth century, Australian Aborigines were used by European scholars as an exemplar of early human forms, and have consequently featured as the crucial case study for generations of social theorists and anthropologists. Arguments about Aborigines examines controversial subjects such as family life, religion and ritual, and land rights through the prism of Aboriginal studies. Professor Hiatt's book will provide a valuable introduction to Aboriginal ethnography, and is a shrewd and stimulating history of the central questions in Aboriginal studies. ... Read more

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Arguments About Aborigines
At first I felt awe, then dismay, at the amount of literature available on this most-studied culture, the Aborigine of Australia. The culture has been of intense interest since the ealiest days of formal ethnological andanthropological enquiry. Hiatt's book has given me a perspective into thehistory of scholarly enquiry that informs and conditions my reaction to thework of others. His format is subject-oriented according to his ownscholarly interest in the Aborigine but is prefaced in each chapter by areview of the prejudices and aspirations of his predecessors. The book ishighly readable and very stimulating. I consider it essential, at theleast, to others like myself who have no formal anthropological trainingbut who must discern and rely on the work and opinions of scholars. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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Based on anthropological field research (1997-2000) within the Department of Health and Community Services in the Northern Territory in Australia, this paper explores the lingering features of colonial logic in the pastoral work of public health workers in the Northern Territory of Australia. The public health professionals drawn to work in this space are determined to remedy what is wrong with culturally acceptable solutions. But viewed from an anthropological perspective, the way in which health professionals conceptualise the problems they need to solve ultimately serves to reinforce the reality of the need for their continued tutelary presence. This paper aims to draw out the complex ways in which this interventionary effect is secured, concentrating in particular on the role played by progressive ideologies of participatory development and information sharing. It argues that through a complex process of forgetting, the otherwise innocuous gestures of public health goodwill recreate a mandate for more public health intervention. This is not a simple moral tale where analysts can easily identify good and bad practices and thus distance themselves from the difficulties involved. Rather, by emphasising the honest commitments to improvement in situations of mass illness and preventable disease that health professionals bring to their work, and the burden they bear in being conscious of the recent colonial past, the paper aims to avoid the judgement that this sort of work is easy to get right. ... Read more