Caging the rainbow : places, politics, and Aborigines in a North Australian town / Francesca Merlan
- Bib ID:
- 695950
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Merlan, Francesca
- Description:
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- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1998
- x, 285 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0824820010 (alkaline paper) (cloth)
- 0824820452 (alkaline paper) (paperback)
- Summary:
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Explores the lives of Aborigines in the small town of Katherine, Australia. The author combines ethnography and theory to study issues surrounding the debate about the authenticity of contemporary cultural activity. The vulnerability of Fourth World peoples to others' representations of them and the ethical problems this poses are recognised.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Places and people of Katherine Town
- 2. From place to town
- 3. We useta walk around, all the people
- 4. Tribes and town
- 5. Imposition and imitation: changing directions in Aboriginal affairs
- 6. Struggles in town space
- 7. Do places appear? Further struggle in space
- 8. Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-276) and index.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Katherine -- History
- Spatial behavior -- Northern Territory -- Katherine
- Geographical perception -- Northern Territory -- Katherine
- Human territoriality -- Northern Territory -- Katherine
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Katherine -- Social conditions
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Katherine -- Government relations
- Socioeconomic conditions
- Native title
- Stories and motifs - Rainbow serpent
- Social organisation
- Social identity
- Anthropology - Theory and criticism
- Race relations
- Wardaman people (N35) (NT SD52-16)
- Habitation - Camps
- Culture - Relationship to land
- Dagoman people (N38) (NT SD52-12)
- Land rights
- Sites - Sites of significance
- Jawoyn people (N57) (NT SD53-09)
- Katherine (N.T.) -- History
- Katherine (N.T.) -- Social conditions
- Katherine (N.T.) -- Race relations
- Katherine (NT Top End SD53-09)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1998
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