Title The Aboriginal male in the enlightenment world / by Shino Konishi

Published London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 231 pages) : illustrations, maps Series The body, gender and culture ; no. 8 Body, gender and culture ; no. 8. Contents Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction; Skin; Hair; Face; Carnal Bodies; Martial Bodies; Communicating Bodies; Indolent Bodies; Testing Bodies; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary This is the first historical study of indigenous Australian masculinity. Using the reactions of eighteenth-century western explorers to Aboriginal men, Konishi argues that these encounters were not as negative as has been thought Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index Notes Print version record Subject First contact (Anthropology) -- Australia Europeans -- Australia -- Attitudes Aboriginal Australians. Indigenous peoples -- Australia. Human body -- Social aspects. HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand. Aboriginal Australians Europeans -- Attitudes First contact (Anthropology) Human body -- Social aspects Indigenous peoples Australia Form Electronic book ISBN 1848932170 9781848932173 9781283850193 1283850192 9781315655444 1315655446

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