In the debates which followed the publication of Darwin's book on the origin of species, Australian Aborigines were used as the ideal exemplars of early human forms by European scholars bent on discovering the origins of social institutions. The Aborigines have consequently featured as the crucial case-study for generations of social theorists, including Tylor, Frazer, Durkheim and Freud. Arguments about Aborigines reviews a range of controversies such as family life, religion and ritual, and land rights, which marked the formative period of British social anthropology. Professor Hiatt also examines how changes in Aboriginal practices have affected scholarly debate. This elegant book will provide a valuable introduction to aboriginal ethnography for students, scholars and the general reader. It is also a shrewd and stimulating history of the great debates of anthropology, seen through the prism of Aboriginal studies.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521460088
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95178585
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Regional History
Author
L. R. Hiatt
Publication Name
Arguments about Aborigines: Australia and the Evolution of Social Anthropology
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
236mm
Item Width
158mm
Item Weight
493g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
L. R. Hiatt
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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