Knowledge and Secrecy in an Aboriginal Religion

Name: Knowledge and Secrecy in an Aboriginal Religion
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ISBN: 9780195507522

ISBN-10: 0195507525

ISBN-13: 9780195507522

Edition: 1998

Authors: Ian Keen

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Yolngu religious practices are shrouded in ambiguity--people cooperate in common religious rituals while interpreting these rituals in entirely different manners. Keen draws on recent post-structuralist social theory to discuss this heterogeneity of culture and ritual. This original approach to interpreting the heterogeneous culture of the Yolngu will be of great interest to those studying multicultural societies outside Australia, particularly in the fields of comparative anthropology and religion.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/27/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Maps, Figures, and Tables


Orthography and Pronunciation


Kin Glosses


Introduction



The Same But Different



The Same Stop



Group Identity, Kin, and Leaders



Country



The Same Song



Root and Branch: Secrecy, Age, and Gender



Initiation and Gender



Revelation



Secrecy in Public



Our Great Father



To Make One People



Conclusions


Glossary of Yolngu Words


Bibliography


Index