Title The silent revolution : the effects of modernization on Australian Aboriginal religion / Erich Kolig

Published Philadelphia : Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1981 1981

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	306.6089991 Kol		AVAILABLE

Description 192pages Contents Includes index Summary Detailed analysis of the impact of the pastoral industry and Western economics on Aboriginal religious life; based on fieldwork in the southern Kimberley focussing on the Fitzroy area with reference to many other communities in WA and NT including Balgo, Billiluna and Christmas Creek; examines the role of religion and ritual activity in traditional life and points to adaptation and change in concepts of exclusiveness, classification, liberalization, communication and mobility, leadership and value; discusses major cults and their movements in detail, specifically the Gurangara, Dingari and Woagaia; refers to many tribal groups with primary focus on the Wolmadjeri Analysis Aboriginal Australians - Religion Australia - Social conditions - 20th century Spirituality - Aboriginal Australians Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: 184-187 Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Marriage customs and rites. Aboriginal Australians -- Religion. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Social life and customs. Mythology, Aboriginal Australian. SUBJECT Arnhem Land (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85007377 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 Author Institute for the Study of Human Issues. LC no. 81006430 ISBN 0897270207

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