| Description |
xviii, 293 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 'Going more than half way to meet them': On the life and 1 -- legacy of WEH Stanner Jeremy Beckett and Melinda Hinkson -- Part 1. Diverse Fields -- 1.'A chance to be of some use to my country': Stanner 27 -- during World War II Geoffrey Gray -- 2. Stanner and Makerere: On the 'insuperable' challenges 44 -- of practical anthropology in post-war East Africa -- Melinda Hinkson -- 3. WEH Stanner and the foundation of the Australian Institute 58 -- for Aboriginal Studies, 1959-1964 John Mulvaney -- 4. Stanner: Reluctant bureaucrat Barrie Dexter 76 -- Part 2. In Pursuit Of Transcendent Value -- 5. Frontier encounter: Stanner's Durmugam Jeremy Beckett 89 -- 6.Journey to the source: In pursuit of Fitzmaurice rock art 102 -- and the High Culture Melinda Hinkson -- 7. Stanner's veil: Transcendence and the limits of scientific 115 -- inquiry Peter Sutton -- 8.'Religion', 'magic','sign' and'symbol' in Stanner's approach 126 -- to Aboriginal religions Ian Keen -- 9. 'Joyous maggots': The symbolism of Yolngu mortuary rituals 137 -- Howard Morphy -- 10. Indigenous songs as 'operational structures of transactional 151 -- life': A study of song genres at Wadeye Alberto Furlan -- Part 3. Land And People -- 11. Stanner and Aboriginal land use: Ecology, economic 169 -- change, and enclosing the commons Peter Sutton -- 12.'Too sociological'? Revisiting 'Aboriginal territorial 185 -- organization' Nicolas Peterson -- 13. Stanner, Milirrpum, and the Woodward Royal Commission 198 -- Nancy Williams -- 14. Counting the cost: Stanner and the Port Keats/Wadeye 217 -- population John Taylor -- Part 4. A Public Intellectual -- 15.WEH Stanner and the historians Ann Curthoys 233 -- 16. After the Dreaming:The Boyer lecturer as social critic 251 -- Tim Rowse -- 17. From 'After the Dreaming' to 'After land rights': 271 -- WEH Stanner's legacy as Indigenous policy intellectual -- Jon Altman |
| Summary |
"WEH Stanner was a public intellectual whose work reached beyond the walls of the academy, and he remains a highly significant figure in Aboriginal affairs and Australian anthropology. Educated by Radcliffe-Brown in Sydney and Malinowski in London, he undertook anthropological work in Australia, Africa and the Pacific. Stanner contributed much to public understandings of the Dreaming and the significance of Aboriginal religion. His 1968 broadcast lectures, After the Dreaming, continue to be among the most widely quoted works in the field of Aboriginal studies. He also produced some exceptionally evocative biographical portraits of Aboriginal people. Stanners writings on post-colonial development and assimilation policy urged an appreciation of Indigenous peoples distinctive world views and aspirations"--Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy |
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Aboriginal culture |
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Biography |
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Cultural anthropology |
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WEH Stanner |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
| Subject |
Stanner, W. E. H., 1905-1981.
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Stanner, W. E. H., 1905-1981 -- Congresses.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Congresses.
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Anthropologists -- Australia -- Biography -- Congresses.
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Anthropologists -- Australia -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Beckett, Jeremy.
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Hinkson, Melinda.
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Australian National University.
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| LC no. |
2009367102 |
| ISBN |
9780855756604 (paperback) |
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