Title Aboriginal adolescence : maidenhood in an Australian community / Victoria Katherine Burbank

Published New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [1988] ©1988

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	305.235089991 Bur/Aam		AVAILABLE

Description xvii, 153 pages ; 23 cm Series Adolescents in a changing world Adolescents in a changing world. Contents Includes index Summary Study of the changing social context of adolescence, marriage and sexual relations in Mangraove, a Groote Eylandt Aboriginal community; review of anthropological and Aboriginal models of marriage- past and present ideals and realities; missionary influences; case studies of contemporary adolescent Aboriginal girls - love, expectations, intergenerational conflict; social strategies and changing values Analysis Australia Australian women aborigines Cultural processes Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 137-145 Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Marriage customs and rites. Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs. Aboriginal Australians -- Marriage customs and rites -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Social life and customs Aboriginal Australians -- Women -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) Marriage -- Australia. Marriage -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) Teenage girls -- Sexual behavior -- Australia. Teenage girls -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) Adolescent. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Sexual Behavior. SUBJECT Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 LC no. 87020505 ISBN 0813512867

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