Title Caging the rainbow : places, politics, and Aborigines in a North Australian town / Francesca Merlan

Published Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [1998] ©1998

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Description x, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Contents 1. Places and people of Katherine Town -- 2. From place to town -- 3. We useta walk around, all the people -- 4. Tribes and town -- 5. Imposition and imitation: changing directions in Aboriginal affairs -- 6. Struggles in town space -- 7. Do places appear? Further struggle in space -- 8. Conclusions Summary Explores the lives of Aborigines in the small town of Katherine, Australia. The author combines ethnography and theory to study issues surrounding the debate about the authenticity of contemporary cultural activity. The vulnerability of Fourth World peoples to others' representations of them and the ethical problems this poses are recognised Analysis Humaniora Historie Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index Notes Print version record Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- History -- 20th century. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Katherine -- Government relations Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Katherine -- Social conditions Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Katherine -- History Geographical perception -- Australia -- Katherine (N.T.) Human territoriality -- Australia -- Katherine (N.T.) Spatial behavior -- Australia -- Katherine (N.T.) SUBJECT Katherine (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86137237 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Katherine (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86137237 -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007552 Katherine (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86137237 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850 LC no. 97048596 ISBN 0824820010 (cloth : alk. paper) 0824820452 (paperback: alk. paper)

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