11658cam a2200985 i 4500000044325MiAaHDL20250726000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua760327s1974 xnaaf b 001 0 eng 76356641 Aus97802071300900207130094(MiU)990000443250106381sdr-miu.990000443250106381(MiU)MIU01000000000000000044325-goog(OCoLC)1515927(CaOTULAS)159865269(RLIN)MIUG1515927-B(MiU)Aleph000044325DLCengDLCOCLCQBTCTAOCLCGOCLCOOCLCFOCLCQAU@OCLCQOCLCOu-at---EYMGGN665.E43 1974994/.004/991Elkin, A. P.(Adolphus Peter),1891-1979.http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50012104http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n50012104The Australian Aborigines /by A.P. Elkin.5th ed.Sydney :Angus & Robertson,1974.xi, 397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :illustrations ;23 cmtexttxtrdacontentunmediatednrdamediavolumencrdacarrierIncludes bibliographical references (pages 389-390) and index.The Aborigines and their antiquity : Who are the Aborigines?; The main divisions of mankind; Physical characteristics of the Aborigine; Are there any other Australoid groups?; The origin and the migrations of the Aborigines; The antiquity of man in Australia; Phases of the Stone Age; Aborigines and extinct marsupials; Variety of languages and antiquity; The earliest Aborigines; Language -- Living off the land : Knowledge of nature; the seasons; Skill and technology; The hunter's equipment; Adaptation : a personal relationship; Psychological adaptation; Food gathering, aesthetics and ritual; Material possessions and art; Housing and clothes; Nomadism; Position of the Aborigines amongst the peoples of the world -- The tribe; The tribe, a linguistsic group; Significance of tribal territory; Inter-tribal gatherings; Inter-tribal meetings and culture contact; Inter-tribal meetings and language; Tribal sentiment; Fear of the unknown; Tribal names; Tribal customs and mythology; The local group; An economic, territorial and spiritual subdivision of the tribe -- The family and other relations Part 1: General introduction : the home; the family; kinhsip : our family system; The Aborigines classificatory system: types of kinship systems in Australia Part II: Some details of systems of reckoning relationship in Australia: the Kariera type; The Karadjeri system; the Nyul-Nyul or Aranda system; The Aluridja system; the Ungarinyin system. Appendix: the fourth line of descent in the Karadjeri system -- Social groups : part 1 (i) The local group; (ii) Age-grouping; (iii) Sex-grouping; (iv) Social totemic clans; (v) Moieties; (vi) Sections, subsections and semi-moieties Part II Sections: sections, generation lines and cross-cousins; Sections and maternal descent; Sections and natural species; Sections and moieties; Subsections: descent of the sub-sections; Subsections and totemism; Alternate and irregular marriages; Semi-moieties -- Kinship and marriage customs : The need to understand these customs; The classificatory kinship system; Kinship and law; Kinship avoidance; Relations by marriage; Blood relations; Taboo on names; Women and marriage customs; Methods of obtaining a wife; Marriage of old men and young girls; Uses of wives, objectionable to us; Prostitution of native women -- Totemism: Man, nature and the past : The approach to totemism; Seven forms of totemism; Individual; Sex; Moiety; Section (and subsection); Clan; Local; Multiple; Classification of totemism according to function; Social; Sex; Cult; Conception; Dream; Classificatory; Assistant -- The secret life and initiation : Culture contact and the secret life; Missionary problems; The life apart; Ritual operations on the body; The meaning and social function of the rites; Initiation rites : the stages or degrees; (i) the taking of the novice; (ii) Ceremonial welcome and combat; (iii) Preliminary ceremonial; (iv) The ritual bodily operations; (v) The period of seclusion; (vi) The blood ceremony; (vii) The fire ceremony; (viii) The washing and the return; (ix) Revelation of secrets; sacred symbols; the eternal dream-time : The Dreaming; the value and function of initiation ceremonies; Women's sacred life; Women's secret life; Appendix: The secret life and missionary endeavour -- Aboriginal philosophy, rites and beliefs : The spiritual view of life; The doctrine of pre-existence; Increase rites; Kimberley cave ; use of blood in totemic ceremonies; Effects of the doctrine of pre-existence; The totemic view of life; The historical view of life; Psychic life of the Aborigines; The cure of sickness; Mythology; The sky-heroes; The "mother-goddess" cult; The Rainbow Serpent; The varieties of religious cults and doctrines -- Art and ritual : An artistic people; Art regions in Aboriginal Australia (i) The south-eastern region; (ii) North-east Queensland (iii) The Lake Eyre region; (iv) The southern and western arid region (v) Central and north-central region; (vi) The south-west (vii) The Kimberley division (viii) Arnhem Land: bark paintings; Carvings and composite figures; Doctrine in art; Variety of Aboriginal visual arts -- Music and dancing: The problem of recording; Sacred chanting; Musical instruments; Secular music; Musical patterns; The Songman; The dance; Variety and the individual; Diffusion of music and dance; Poetry; Song and chant cycles; Of like mind -- Medicine-men and magic : The sorcerer; Magical cause of illness and death; Contagious, imitative and projective forms of magic; The pointing bone; Singing; Function of black magic; The danger of magic; Medicine-men and sorcerers; Functions and powers of medicine-men; Medicine-men and spiritism; Medicine-men and inquests; Themaking of medicine-men; Appendix: The ritual of making medicine-men -- Death and what follows: Death, inquest and revenge : death, a social event; Customs associated with dying and death; The inquest and its forms; The spirit and the corpse; Divination and control; Revenge and social duty; Burial rites; Social status and burial; The meaning of the ceremonies; The fate of the dead; The cycle of life -- Epilogue: The Aborigines on the march : The past; Phases of Aboriginal-European contact: pauperism and clash; "Pacification by force"; Aboriginal adaptation -- intelligent parasitism; Protection policies; Positive policy; Aborigines and the war -- and after; The present picture; The process of assimilation; Aboriginal citizenship the goal.First published in 1938; this edition is a revised version of The Australian Aborigines; how to understand them 4th ed; New preface discusses the history of the book; Antiquity, origin and migrations, language information; Living off the land, seasons, hunting, artefacts, psychological adaptation, shelters, nomadism; Position amongst the peoples of the world; Tribes and inter-tribal gatherings, customs, local groups, family, kinship, classificatory system, types of systems (Ngarinjen, Nyul Nyul, Aranda, Luritcha, Karadjeri, Kariera); Social groups, section and moieties, alternative and irregular marriages; Kinship avoidance, taboos, methods of obtaining a wife, marriage of old men and young girls, pirauru relationship; Totemism; Secret life and initiation, missionary problems; Meaning and social function of rites; Philosophy and beliefs, increase rites, mythology and mythological figures - sky heroes, mother-goddess cult, rainbow serpent; Art and rituals - 8 art regions, bark paintings, carving; Music and dancing, sacred chanting, musical instruments, secular music, musical patterns, Songman, description of dances, diffusion, poetry, song and chant and cycles; Medicine men and magic, causes of illness and death, making of medicine men; Death, inquest and revenge, burial rites, fate after death; Briefly summarizes the phases of AboriginalEuropean contact and past govt. policies, growing Aboriginal involvement and the development of Aboriginal service and welfare organizations; Mixed-bloods, disintegration of traditional life, and the problems of prejudice; Aboriginality and cultural identity.Mode of access: Internet.Aboriginal AustraliansGovernment relations.fasthttp://id.worldcat.org/fast/794522Aboriginal Australians.fasthttp://id.worldcat.org/fast/794496Social organisationKinshipMarriageWrong marriage.aiatsissTechnology.aiatsissReligionTotemism.aiatsissReligionAfter death beliefs.aiatsissStories and motifsRainbow serpent.aiatsissRace relationsRacial discrimination.aiatsissPerforming arts.aiatsissHabitationNomadism.aiatsissMusicMusiciansComposers and songwriters.aiatsissMusicInstruments.aiatsissMusicVocal.aiatsissDeathMortuaryfuneral ceremonies.aiatsissLanguageLinguisticsLanguage classification.aiatsissSocial organisationKinshipSystemsMoieties.aiatsissSocial organisationAvoidance rulesAvoidance relationships.aiatsissSocial organisationKinshipMarriage.aiatsissGovernment policyAssimilation.aiatsissFamily.aiatsissDeathInquests.aiatsissStories and motifsCultural heroes.aiatsissStories and motifsCreationCosmology.aiatsissEnvironmentClimate and weatherSeasons.aiatsissHealthTreatmentsTraditionalClever people.aiatsissCeremoniesInitiation.aiatsissReligionRitesIncrease.aiatsissSocial organisationAvoidance rulesLanguage.aiatsissFeuds and warfareAvenging.aiatsissArtPaintingBark.aiatsissAged.aiatsissSocial identityAboriginality.aiatsissNyulnyulNyul Nyul people (K13) (WA SE51-02)aiatsislNyulnyulNyul Nyul language (K13) (WA SE 51-02)aiatsislNgarinyinUngarinyin people (K18) (WA SE52-01)aiatsislNgarinyinUngarinyin language (K18) (WA SE 52-01)aiatsislLuritjaLoritja people (C7.1) (NT SG52-04)aiatsislLuritjaLoritja language (C7.1) (NT SG52-04)aiatsislKariyarra people (W39) (WA SF50-10)aiatsislKariyarra language (W39) (WA SF50-10)aiatsislKarajarri people (A64) (WA SE51-10)aiatsislKarajarri language (A64) (WA SE51-10)aiatsislArrernteAranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)aiatsislArrernteAranda language (C8) (NT SG53-02)aiatsislNative Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D044468Aboriginal AustraliansGovernment relations.http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009596Aboriginal Australians.http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009602Australia.aiatsisp3901501044766500004432520241217224542.020250726000000.020260304140655.02026-03-05T07:04:48Z2025-04-27T17:30:02ZSDR-MIUmiuALMAprepare.pl-004-009BKsdr-miu.990000443250106381MiUSDRMIU000044325mdp.39015010447665MIU990000443250106381MIUMIU20260305googlemdp.390150104476651974icbibnon-US bib date1 >= 1931