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Names and Substance in the Australian Subsection System
University of Chicago Press, 1982 Cloth: 978-0-226-86481-5 Library of Congress Classification GN666.B73 1982 Dewey Decimal Classification 306.0899915
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In this volume, which has been hailed as a major breakthrough in understanding the meaning of the elaborate kinship systems currently existing in Australian Aboriginal societies, C. G. von Brandenstein argues that such systems refer to an archaic theory of "world order" common to all these societies. This controversial conclusion is based on native testimony and on a sophisticated linguistic analysis of a vast quantity of data collected by the author and others. Though the author has restricted the results of his research to Aboriginal Australia, his methodological approach is generalizable. Hence this work will be of importance to specialists in many areas. See other books on: Aboriginal Australians | Australia | Australia & New Zealand | Kinship | Names See other titles from University of Chicago Press |
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This title is no longer available from this publisher at this time. To let the publisher know you are interested in the title, please email bv-help@uchicago.edu.
Names and Substance in the Australian Subsection System
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
University of Chicago Press, 1982
Cloth: 978-0-226-86481-5
Cloth: 978-0-226-86481-5
In this volume, which has been hailed as a major breakthrough in understanding the meaning of the elaborate kinship systems currently existing in Australian Aboriginal societies, C. G. von Brandenstein argues that such systems refer to an archaic theory of "world order" common to all these societies. This controversial conclusion is based on native testimony and on a sophisticated linguistic analysis of a vast quantity of data collected by the author and others.
Though the author has restricted the results of his research to Aboriginal Australia, his methodological approach is generalizable. Hence this work will be of importance to specialists in many areas.
Though the author has restricted the results of his research to Aboriginal Australia, his methodological approach is generalizable. Hence this work will be of importance to specialists in many areas.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
