Claiming the Aboriginal Body in Tasmania An Anthropological Study of Repatriation and Redress

• Main Author: Petrović-Šteger, Maja (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Ljubljana ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2013
• Series: Prostor, kraj, čas 3
• Subjects: Tasmania; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Aborigines; anthropology; body; DNA analyzes; e-books; human body; museums; repatriation; Aborigini; antropologija; človeško telo; DNK analize; elektronske knjige; muzeji; repatriacija; Tasmanija; telo
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

How do contemporary Tasmanian Aboriginals think of the body? How do they think of the dead body and of their human remains? This work examines the intersection of different cultural, biological and legal concepts of authenticity and belonging as these concepts come into focus as the stake of dispute...