Pintupi Country, Pintupi Self: Sentiment, Place, and Politics Among Western Desert Aborigines (Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry)

by Fred R. Myers

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The Pintupi, a hunting-and-gathering people of Australia's Western Desert, were among the last Aborigines to come into contact with white society. Despite their extended relocation in central Australian settlements, they have managed to preserve much of their traditional culture and social organization. This book presents a comprehensive ethnographic interpretation of the ways in which Pintupi politics, cosmology, kinship systems, nomadic patterns,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0874746906

ISBN13:9780874746907

Release Date:January 1986

Publisher:Smithsonian Inst Pr

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

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