Going the Whiteman's Way Kinship and Marriage among Australian Aborigines |
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| Author:
| McKnight, David |
| Series title: | Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-4238-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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This intellectual tour de force combines dense ethnography about Australian kinship and marriage - the heart of their world - with major anthropological debate about theories of kinship and thereby provides a unique and important contribution to kinship studies.McKnight shows how young Aborigines became increasingly determined to marry according to their own inclinations, defying the authority of the elders, who accused them of going the Whiteman's Way.
This intellectual tour de force combines dense ethnography about Australian kinship and marriage - the heart of their world - with major anthropological debate about theories of kinship and thereby provides a unique and important contribution to kinship studies.McKnight shows how young Aborigines became increasingly determined to marry according to their own inclinations, defying the authority of the elders, who accused them of going the Whiteman's Way.