Ngarrindjeri wurruwarrin : a world that is, was, and will be /

In Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin, Diane Bell invites her readers into the complex and contested world of the cultural beliefs and practices of the Ngarrindjeri of south Australia, teases out the meanings and misreadings of the written sources, traces changes and continuities in oral accounts, challenges...

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Main Author:	Bell, Diane, 1943- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	North Melbourne, Victoria : Spinifex Press, [2014]
Edition:	New edition.
Subjects:	South Australia. > Hindmarsh Island Bridge Royal Commission. Narrinyeri (Australian people) > Social life and customs. Narrinyeri (Australian people) > Folklore. Women, Ngarrindjeri > Social conditions. Oral tradition > Australia > Goolwa (S.A.) Sacred space > Australia > Goolwa (S.A.) Hindmarsh Island (S. Aust.)

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Summary:	In Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin, Diane Bell invites her readers into the complex and contested world of the cultural beliefs and practices of the Ngarrindjeri of south Australia, teases out the meanings and misreadings of the written sources, traces changes and continuities in oral accounts, challenges assumptions about what Ngarrindjeri women know, how they know it, and how outsiders may know what is to be known.
Item Description:	Previous edition: 1998.
Physical Description:	xlviii, 694 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	9781742199184 (paperback) 1742199186 (paperback)