Mortality, mourning and mortuary practices in indigenous Australia
2017
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Main title:
Mortality, mourning and mortuary practices in indigenous Australia / edited by Katie Glaskin ... [et al.]
Author:
Imprint:
London and New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Collation:
xx, 237 pages : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
First published 2008 by Ashgate Publishing.Includes index and glossary.Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Sorry business is Yapa way : Warlpiri mortuary rituals as embodied practice / Yasmine Musharbash -- Solidarity in shared loss : death-related observances among the Martu of the Western Desert / Myrna Tonkinson -- Death and health : the resilience of "sorry business" in the Kutjungka region of Western Australia / Brian F. McCoy -- Time wounds : death, grieving and grievance in the northern Kimberley / Anthony Redmond -- A personal reflection on a saltwater man and the cumulative effects of loss / Katie Glaskin -- Social death and disenfranchised grief : an Alyawarr case study / Craig Elliott -- "Promise me you'll come to my funeral" : putting a value on Wiradjuri life through death / Gaynor Macdonald -- Death, family and disrespect in a northern Queensland town / Sally Babidge -- A place to rest : dying, residence, and community stability in remote Arnhem Land / Marcus Barber -- A life in words : history and society in Saibai Island (Torres Strait) tombstones / Richard Davis -- "We don't want to chase 'em away" : hauntology in central Cape York Peninsula / Benjamin Richard Smith.
ISBN:
9780815346753
Dewey class:
393.10994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
357199
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Indigenous | 393.10994 MOR | Available |