Stars of Tagai
Nonie Sharp · 1993
על הספר
Constitution of and change in Torres Strait Islander identity; exchange and cosmology; contact history; mythology, culture heroes and law; Malo-Bomai, Kwoiam; Meriam religious and social life - seasonality, clan territoriality, kinship, life cycle; the powers of the Zogo le and the idea of traditional life; coming of the London Missionary Society and the accommodation of christianity; changing rites of death and renewal - millennial movements; colonial administration - education, Protection Acts and protectionism, social control; colonial economy - trochus, pearling, beche-de-mer (trepang); background and effects of the 1936 strike and World War Two; moves for sovereignty - the Murray Island case; includes life histories.
פרטי הספר
- שנה
- 1993
- שפה
- English
- הוצאה
- Aboriginal Studies Pr
- מהדורות
- 1
- עמודים
- 321
- ISBN
- 9780855752385
מקור הנתונים: Wikidata
