From hunting to drinking : the devastating effects of alcohol on an Australian Aboriginal community / David McKnight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKnight, David, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Alcohol use--Australia--Mornington Island (Qld.).

Aboriginal Australians.

Aboriginal Australians--Government relations.

Alcoholism--Australia--History.

Alcoholism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 239 p. ) ill., maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'From Hunting to Drinking' reveals the devastating effects that alcohol has had over a period of 30 years on an Australian aboriginal community. David McKnight's study examines the historical influence and government interference.

Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork this is a vital addition to the literature on alcohol use and problem drinking, social change and postcolonialism. From Hunting to Drinking reveals the social change witnessed over a period of 30 years by an anthropologist on Mornington Island, off the North Queensland Coast, Australia, most notably the devastating effects that alcohol has had on this community. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork this is a vital addition to the literature on alcohol use and problem drinking, social change and postcolonialism. From Hunting to Drinking reveals the social change witnessed over a period of 30 years by an anthropologist on Mornington Island, off the North Queensland Coast, Australia, most notably the devastating effects that alcohol has had on this community.

Contents:

Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Anthropological Views of 'The Drinking Problem' 3. Policies and Practices: Putting Aborigines 'in their place' 4. The Social and Historical Background of the Wellesley Islands 5. Changing Relationships Between the Generations 6. Try-Ask and Knock-Back 7, The Snake 8. The Shire and the Canteen 9. The Destruction of the Community and the Self 10. Childhood and Formal Education 11. Law and the Police 12. The Built Environment 13. 'You Can't Stop Native People From Drinking'? 14. Why Isn't Something Done? 15. Conclusions. Endnotes. Appendix. Bibliography

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-234) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-48709-6

0-415-27150-9

1-134-48710-X

1-280-06888-4

0-203-39832-7

9780203398326

OCLC:

56204743