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Author Bell, Diane, 1943-

Title Daughters of the dreaming / Diane Bell
Edition 3rd ed
Published North Melbourne : Spinifex Press, 2002
North Melbourne, VIC : Spinifex Press, 2002 [that is, 2001]

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'BOOL  306.0899915 Bel/Dot 2002  AVAILABLE
 MELB  306.0899915 Bel/Dot 2002  AVAILABLE
Description xx, 342 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm
Contents I. Into the field -- II. Change and continuity -- III. The sustaining ideals -- IV. We follow one law -- V. The problem of women
Summary Living in the community, developing friendships which spanned decades, award-winning author, Diane Bell. shines a light on the importance of women's role in Australian Aboriginal desert culture. As maintainers of land, ritual and culture, indigenous women of central Australia share the patterns of their lives in this remarkable and enduring book. --- back cover
Analysis Aboriginal Australians - Northern Territory - Women
Ethnology - Northern Territory
Women, Aboriginal Australian - Northern Territory
Australian Aboriginal women. Cultural processes. Northern Territory. Anthropological perspectives
Notes Previously published: St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1993
Bibliography Includes bibliography (p. 307-326) and index
Subject Ethnology -- Australia -- Northern Territory
Aborigines, Australian -- Northern Territory -- Women
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Northern Territory
Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Women
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Northern Territory
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Rites and ceremonies
Ethnology -- Northern Territory
Women, Aboriginal Australian.
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Rites and ceremonies.
Northern Territory.
Aborigines.
LC no. 2002318235
ISBN 1876756152