Aboriginal woman : sacred and profane

Author(s)

• Kaberry, Phyllis Mary

Bibliographic Information

Aboriginal woman : sacred and profane

Phyllis M. Kaberry

（Routledge classic ethnographies）

Routledge, 2004

Note

Reprint. Originally published: London : G. Rutledge, 1939

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 1939 by Routledge, this classic ethnography portrays the aboriginal woman as she really is - a complex social personality with her own prerogatives, duties, problems, beliefs, rituals and point of view. This groundbreaking and enduring study was researched in North-West Australia between 1935 and 1936 and was written by a woman who truly pioneered the study of gender in anthropology

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Wielders of the Digging-Stick
• Chapter 2 The Social and Spiritual Background of the Aboriginal Child
• Chapter 3 Childhood
• Chapter 4 On the Threshold of Marriage
• Chapter 5 The Laws of Marriage and the Needs of the Individual
• Chapter 6 Rights and Duties of Women in Marriage
• Chapter 7 The Functions of Women in the Larger Social Groups
• Chapter 8 The Spiritual Heritage of Aboriginal Woman
• Chapter 9 Women's Ceremonies
• Chapter 10 Women's Secret Corroborees
• Chapter 11 Aboriginal Women - Sacred and Profane

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Details

• NCID: BA73105309
• ISBN:
  • 0415319994
• LCCN: 2003047165
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xli, 294 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN481
  • DC21 : 305.48/8991509414
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.) -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : Kimberely (W.A.) -- Social life and customs
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA65020211