Aboriginal Woman Sacred and Profane

ISBN-13: 9780415319997 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 352 str.

Phyllis Mary Kaberry

Opis

Phyllis Kaberry examines the fullness of aboriginal women's lives, which has sometimes been classified as restricted and uninvolved with religious practice. She portrays her in a realistic light, as a complex social personality with her own duties, problems, beliefs, rituals and points of view.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Phyllis Kaberry