Ethnographer and contrarian : biographical and anthropological essays in honour of Peter Sutton / edited by Julie D. Finlayson and Frances Morphy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finlayson, Julie, editor.

Morphy, F. (Frances), 1949- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sutton, Peter, 1946-.

Sutton, Peter.

Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions.

Aboriginal Australians.

Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (26 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mile End, Southern Australia : Wakefield Press, [2020]

Summary:

Sutton's colleagues reflect on aspects of his life and work, starting with a set of biographical essays. The second section focuses on his controversial book "The Politics of Suffering". The third section addresses Sutton's ground-breaking analysis of the transition between "classical" and "post-classical" social formations in Aboriginal Australia.

Contents:

Cover

Half title page

Title page

Imprint

Contents page 1

Contents page 2

Figures, Maps and Tables

Preface

Part 1 - Reflections on a life

Chapter 1 - Introduction: A contrarian life

Chapter 2 - Outside the square: From Christian Scientist to social scientist

Chapter 3 - Living Larrimah: A reminiscence

Chapter 4 - What is a social anthropologist doing in a museum?

Part 2 - On the politics of suffering

Chapter 5 - Suttonalia: A revealing moment in public anthropology

Chapter 6 - Suffering and silence: Sutton's challenge

Chapter 7 - Speaking to others: Anthropology's languages, audiences and engagements

Chapter 8 - Personal challenges and professional research in Aboriginal Australia: Reading 'The Politics of Suffering'

Chapter 9 - Culture, development and the future of remote Aboriginal communities

Chapter 10 - The politics of suffering: Some contrarian reflections

Part 3 - On classical and post-classical societies

Chapter 11 - Marriage networks in Arnhem Land and beyond

Chapter 12 - The resilience of Lakes societies: From classical systems to 'families of polity' and the endurance of 'underlying title'

Chapter 13 - Sutton's model of underlying and proximate customary title and the Lander Warlpiri region

Chapter 14 - Géza Róheim's Australian dreams

Appendix

Contributors

Index

Wakefield Press

Back cover.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-74305-792-X

OCLC:

1225553299