Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: A World that Is, Was, and Will be

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Spinifex Press, 1998 - Religion - 688 pages
This finely textured ethnography weaves written texts with the voices of women and men who struggle to protect their sacred sites. It provides a deeper understanding of lives profoundly affected by two centuries of colonization.
 

Contents

NGARRINDJERI A DISTINCTIVE WEAVE
41
Different Strands
91
Pakari Nganawi Ruwi
145
Family Friends and Other Relations
199
Embodying and Knowing the Country
249
Finding Meaning in a Changing World
309
Putari Practice
337
A Story for All Ages
344
A Community of Belief and a Culture of Dissent
405
Writing about the Lower Murray
419
Womens Beliefs Bodies and Practices
483
A Weave of the Clans Stories and Sanctions
545
Whither?
595
Endnotes
605
Chronology
637
Bibliography
647

Fear of Foreigners Small People the Dark
353
Oral and Written Cultures
361
Speaking Out
398
Permissions
673
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About the author (1998)

After a distinguished career in Australia and the USA, Diane Bell has retired to Ngarrindjeri country in South Australia where she continues to research, write and strategise around issues of local, national and international importance. She has authored numerous articles and edited eight books. Diane Bell now lives in Canberra where she continues to write, speak, strategise and advocate for a more just society: a concept that underwrites and unifies the various and varied facets of her feminist anthropological stance on life.