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

• 1. Verfasser: Laurent Dousset (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: pacific-credo Publications 2011
• Schlagworte: Humanities; social anthropology; Kinship; aboriginal; Australia; ethnography
• Online-Zugang: 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,...