Names and substance of the Australian subsection system / C.G. von Brandenstein
- Bib ID:
- 1789009
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Brandenstein, C. G. von (Carl Georg von), 1909-2005
- Description:
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- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1982
- 199 p., [11] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0226864812
- Summary:
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Structural analysis of subsection system as opposition between six basic physical or temperamental qualities; constructs from this classification an Aboriginal World Order; material drawn from many areas, with an emphasis on north-west Australia; includes tribal index to contents.
- Notes:
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- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography: p. [176]-193.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Kinship
- Totemism
- Kinship -- Australia
- Philosophy, Aboriginal Australian
- Indigenous knowledge - World view
- Social organisation - Kinship - Systems - Sections and subsections
- Religion - Totemism
- Kariyarra people (W39) (WA SF50-10)
- Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology
- Social organisation - Kinship - Systems - Moieties
- Social organisation - Kinship - Kinship terms
- Social organisation - Avoidance rules - Avoidance relationships
- Western Australia (WA)
- Northern Territory (NT)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2075 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2005
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1982
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