Australian Aboriginal Kinship : An introductory handbook with particular emphasis on the Western Desert

• Main Author: Laurent Dousset (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: pacific-credo Publications 2011
• Subjects: Humanities; social anthropology; Kinship; aboriginal; Australia; ethnography
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Since the very early years of anthropology, Australian Aboriginal kinship has fascinated researchers in the field as well as theorists. Its complexity is considerable and, as some have remarked, its mechanical and logical beauty is astonishing. This complexity has however discouraged many scholars,...