This is a fascinating exploration of the relationship between marriage, violence and sorcery in an Australian Aboriginal community. Of Marriage, Violence and Sorcery offers an archive of valuable primary materials, drawing on the author’s forty-year knowledge of the community on Mornington Island.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2017-12-18
Language: English
Number of Pages: 296
Edition: 1
Series: Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..