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Of marriage, violence and sorcery : the quest for power in northern Queensland / by David McKnight.

By:

McKnight, David, 1935-2006 [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-PacificPublisher: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: xxxvi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0754644650
9780754644651

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.899150943 22

LOC classification:

DU124.S64 M35 2005

Contents:

1. History of the Wellesley Islands -- 2. Lardil and Yangkaal : endogamy and exogamy -- 3. Kaiadilt endogamy and exogamy -- 4. Early time fights -- 5. Baya! Baya! Fight! Fight! -- 6. Violence in the 1970s -- 7. Reasons for violence -- 8. Sorcerers and clever men -- 9. Spearing in the bush -- 10. Recent sorcery cases -- 11. Some general observations about sorcery -- 12. All the Puripuri men are dead -- App. Sorcery cases.

Review: "This is a fascinating exploration of the relationship between marriage, violence and sorcery in Australian Aboriginal culture, drawing on David McKnight's extensive research on Mornington Island. The case studies, which occurred both before and after a Presbyterian Mission was established on the island, allow McKnight to show how the complexities of kin ties and increased sexual competition help to explain incidences of violence and sorcery, without resorting to psychiatric justifications. He demonstrates that kin ties both stimulated conflict and helped to mitigate it."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index.

"This is a fascinating exploration of the relationship between marriage, violence and sorcery in Australian Aboriginal culture, drawing on David McKnight's extensive research on Mornington Island. The case studies, which occurred both before and after a Presbyterian Mission was established on the island, allow McKnight to show how the complexities of kin ties and increased sexual competition help to explain incidences of violence and sorcery, without resorting to psychiatric justifications. He demonstrates that kin ties both stimulated conflict and helped to mitigate it."--BOOK JACKET.

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