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BL
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1042758
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b797128
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Kaberry, Phyllis Mary,1910-
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| Title & Author
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Aboriginal woman : : sacred and profane /\ Phyllis M. Kaberry ; with a new pref. by Sandy Toussaint.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2004.
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1 online resource (xli, 294 pages) :: illustrations, 1 map
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| ISBN
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0203987543
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: 0415319994
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: 1134362641
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: 9780203987544
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: 9780415319997
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: 9781134362646
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0415319994
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| Notes
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Originally published: London : G. Routledge, 1939.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-283) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| 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.
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Women, Aboriginal Australian-- Australia-- Kimberley (W.A.)-- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Women's Studies.
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Women, Aboriginal Australian-- Social life and customs.
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Kimberley (W.A.), Social life and customs.
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Western Australia, Kimberley.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.48/8991509414
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| LC Classification
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GN481.K2 2004eb
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