Daughters of the dreaming / Diane Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Diane, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Northern Territory--Rites and ceremonies.

Women, Aboriginal Australian.

Women, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Northern Territory--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new edition, which is based on research done in the 1970's, includes an epilogue in which Bell reflects on her original fieldwork from the perspective of the 1990's, examining the changes in the field and in feminist theory and practice.

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS AND DIAGRAMS; FOREWORD TO SECOND EDITION; I: INTO THE FIELD; II: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY; III: THE SUSTAINING IDEALS: LAND, LOVE AND WELL-BEING; IV: WE FOLLOW ONE LAW; V: THE PROBLEM OF WOMEN; APPENDIX 1; APPENDIX 2; EPILOGUE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A NOTE ON ORTHOGRAPHY; GLOSSARY; INDEX

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Australian National University.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-326) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8571-1

OCLC:

476096219