Viewing ofReference Material
Art students and others conducting research are welcome to make an appointment with us to view the works listed in the adjacent table.
It is also recommended for Europeans to use the online search system at KVK (Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog), in which all German and many European scholarly libraries list their available references. Sometimes the works are available for loan.
A list of further references about Australian art, which however are not yet in our reference collection, is also maintained and continually extended.
Literature in our Collection
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Berndt, Ronald M. und Tonkinson, R. (Hg.): Social Anthropology and Australian Aboriginal Studies. A contemporary overview, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra 1988, ISBN 0855751894
Table of Contents ¦ Cover Text ¦ Book Review
Table of Contents
Contributors -vii-
Foreword
Ronald M. Berndt and Robert Tonkinson: A contemporary overview -1-
Gender
Francesca Merlan: Gender in Aboriginal social life: A review -15-
Kinship
Ian Keen: Twenty-five years of Aboriginal kinship studies -77-
Economy
Christopher Anderson: Anthropology and Australian Aboriginal economy 1961-1986 -125-
Law
Nancy M. Williams: Studies in Australian Aboriginal law 1961-1986 -189-
Religion
Howard Morphy: The resurrection of the Hydra: Twenty-five years of research of Aboriginal religion -239-
Afterword
John A Barnes: Talking stock and looking forward -267-
Cover Text
This volume summarises major developments in the social anthropology of Aboriginal studies during the past twenty-five years. It is commended, not only for its value as an overview of five important and closely interrelated topics (economy, kinship, gender, religion and law), but also because it contains a great deal of stimulating comment and criticism and raises important issues for future research as well as current debate in Aboriginal studies. The independent assessments of the contributors exhibit a surprising degree of unanimity as to the most productive direction for future studies, and in so doing they provide many stimulating and exciting suggestions. In recent years, both scholarly and lay interest in Aboriginal studies has expanded remarkably, and there has been a heightened Aboriginal interest in and awareness of how their societies, past and present, are being depicted in scholarly writings.