Daughters of the DreamingAn outstanding study of Aboriginal women's lives. Living in the community, developing friendships which spanned decades, Diane Bell shines a light on the importance of women's role in Australian Aboriginal desert culture. As maintainers of land, ritual and culture, indigenous women of central Australia share the patterns of their lives in this remarkable and enduring book. Diane Bell was controversial in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and remains so today. Not everyone agrees with her but she demands to be read. |
Contents
INTO THE FIELD | 7 |
CHANGE AND CONTINUITY | 41 |
LAND LOVE AND WELLBEING | 110 |
WE FOLLOW ONE LAW | 182 |
THE PROBLEM OF WOMEN | 229 |
APPENDIX 1 | 255 |
EPILOGUE | 273 |
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A NOTE ON ORTHOGRAPHY | 327 |
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