Arrernte present, Arrernte past : invasion, violence, and imagination in indigenous central Australia / Diane Austin-Broos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austin-Broos, Diane J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission Station--History.

Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission Station.

Aranda (Australian people)--Missions--Australia--Hermannsburg Region (N.T.).

Aranda (Australian people).

Aranda (Australian people)--Land tenure.

Aranda (Australian people)--Cultural assimilation.

Lutherans--Missions--Australia--Hermannsburg Region (N.T.)--History.

Lutherans.

Land reform--Australia--Hermannsburg Region (N.T.)--History.

Land reform.

Hermannsburg Region (N.T.)--Race relations.

Hermannsburg Region (N.T.).

Hermannsburg Region (N.T.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Arrernte people of Central Australia first encountered Europeans in the 1860's as groups of explorers, pastoralists, missionaries, and laborers invaded their land. During that time the Arrernte were the subject of intense curiosity, and the earliest accounts of their lives, beliefs, and traditions were a seminal influence on European notions of the primitive. The first study to address the Arrernte's contemporary situation, Arrernte Present, Arrernte Past also documents the immense sociocultural changes they have experienced over the past hundred years. Employing ethnographic and archival research, Diane Austin-Broos traces the history of the Arrernte as they have transitioned from a society of hunter-gatherers to members of the Hermannsburg Mission community to their present, marginalized position in the modern Australian economy. While she concludes that these wrenching structural shifts led to the violence that now marks Arrernte communities, she also brings to light the powerful acts of imagination that have sustained a continuing sense of Arrernte identity.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Maps and Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Note on Orthography

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Encounter at Ntaria

2. Kaporilya, a Big Place

3. The Meaning of Pepe

4. Home and Away: The Dislocation of Identity

5. Living with Kin

6. Honey Ants and Relatedness

7. Factionalism (or, The Secret Life of an Outstation Movement)

8. When Imaginaries Collide

9. A Very Remote Emergency

Conclusion

Appendix A: Kaporilya Song

Appendix B: Glossary of Western Arrernte Terms

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-316) and index.

First Nations peoples are warned this item may contain images, voices and names of people who have passed, or be considered insensitive, inappropriate, or outdated. The item reflects the attitude of the author/s or the period in which it was written and does not represent the views of the Library.

ISBN:

9786612239366

9781282239364

1282239368

9780226032658

0226032655

OCLC:

432428872