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1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-292) and index. |
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'Less was hidden among these children': Géza Roheim, anthropology and the politics of Aboriginal childhood / John Morton -- Envisioning lives at Ernabella / Katrina Tjitayi and Sandra Lewis -- Warungka: becoming and unbecoming a Warlpiri person / Yasmine Musharbash -- Fathers and sons, trajectories of self: reflections on Pintupi lives and futures / Fred R. Myers -- Sand storytelling: its social meaning in Anangu children's lives / Ute Eickelkamp -- Young children's social meaning making in a new mixed language / Carmel O'Shannessy -- The yard / Craig San Roque -- Organization within disorder: the present and future of young people in the Ngaanyatjarra lands / David Brooks -- Being Mardu: change and challenge for some Western Desert young people today / Myrna Tonkinson -- Invisible and visible loyalties in racialized contexts: a systematic perspective on Aboriginal youth / Marika Moisseeff. |
| Summary |
Surprisingly little research has been carried out about how Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world and imagine the future. This volume presents recent and original studies of life experiences outside the institutional settings of childcare and education, of those growing up in contemporary Central Australia or with strong links to the region. Focusing on the remote communities - roughly 1,200 across the continent - the volume includes case studies of language and family life in small country towns and urban contexts. These studies expertly show t. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Central Australia.
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Adolescence -- Australia -- Central Australia.
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Central Australia -- Social conditions.
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Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11) |
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Warlpiri people (C15) (NT SF52-04) |
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Warlpiri language (C15) (NT SF52-04) |
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Pintupi people (C10) (NT SF52-11) |
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Ngaanyatjarra people (A38) (WA SG51-08) |
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Manjiljarra -- Martu Wangka people (A51.1) (WA SF51-12) |
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Pukatja -- Ernabella (SA Central Australia SG53-09) |
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Children -- Childhood. |
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Adolescence. |
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Social behaviour -- Socialisation. |
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Literature and stories -- Story telling and story tellers. |
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Art -- Sand and ground design. |
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Aboriginal communities. |
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Aboriginal culture. |
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Aboriginal knowledge. |
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Aboriginal peoples. |
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Aboriginal youth. |
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Adolescent development. |
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Adolescents. |
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Child development. |
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Geographic isolation. |
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Rural Aboriginal people. |
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Rural areas. |
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Self concept. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Children's Studies. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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Adolescence. |
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Children, Aboriginal Australian. |
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Social conditions. |
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Australia -- Central Australia. |
| Indexed Term |
Australia |
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Central Australia |
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Aboriginal children |
| Added Author |
Eickelkamp, Ute.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Growing up in Central Australia. New York : Berghahn Books, 2011 9780857450821 (DLC) 2011000950 (OCoLC)681487373 |
| ISBN |
9780857450838 (electronic bk.) |
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0857450832 (electronic bk.) |
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9780857450821 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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0857450824 |
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9781782381266 |
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1782381260 |
| Standard No. |
99954650664 |
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