{"product_id":"arguments-about-aborigines-australia-and-the-evolution-of-social-anthropology-hardback-9780521460088","title":"Arguments about Aborigines; Australia and the Evolution of Social Anthropology (Hardback) 9780521460088","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArguments about Aborigines\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAustralia and the Evolution of Social Anthropology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA stimulating history of the central questions in Aboriginal studies, first published in 1996.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eL. R. Hiatt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521460088, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 June 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 9 b\/w illus.  6 colour illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.493 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… handsome and elegantly written book … L. R. Hiatt leads us with a sure hand and dry humour through this personal selection of Arguments about Aborigines.' Ian Keen, The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the debates which followed the publication of Darwin's book on the origin of species, Australian Aborigines were used as the ideal exemplars of early human forms by European scholars bent on discovering the origins of social institutions. The Aborigines have consequently featured as the crucial case-study for generations of social theorists, including Tylor, Frazer, Durkheim and Freud. Arguments about Aborigines reviews a range of controversies such as family life, religion and ritual, and land rights, which marked the formative period of British social anthropology. Professor Hiatt also examines how changes in Aboriginal practices have affected scholarly debate. This elegant 1996 book will provide a valuable introduction to aboriginal ethnography for students, scholars and the general reader. It is also a shrewd and stimulating history of the great debates of anthropology, seen through the prism of Aboriginal studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Prologue\u003cbr\u003e 2. Real estates and phantom hordes\u003cbr\u003e 3. Group marriage\u003cbr\u003e 4. The woman question\u003cbr\u003e 5. People without politics\u003cbr\u003e 6. High gods\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conception and misconception\u003cbr\u003e 8. Dangerous mothers-in-law and disfigured sisters\u003cbr\u003e 9. Initiation: the case of the cheeky yam\u003cbr\u003e 10. Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007539826968,"sku":"9780521460088","price":80.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521460088i_3d24256a-4b53-440c-9803-3a9b5d8dc848.jpg?v=1691382404","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/arguments-about-aborigines-australia-and-the-evolution-of-social-anthropology-hardback-9780521460088","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}