Stars of Tagai: The Torres Strait Islanders - Softcover

Sharp, Nonie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0855752386 ISBN 13: 9780855752385

Verlag: Aboriginal Studies Press, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Stars of Tagai describes life among the blue-water people of the Torres Strait Islands. It explores the changing life of these sea people: their creation and re-creation of identity, and their unique sea culture, rich in meaning and custom. Traversing the period from the mid-nineteenth century until today, Stars of Tagai is the first book to examine the social issues involved in the Mabo case, and to give a picture of life of the Meriam people of the Murray Island. The title is drawn from the story of Tagai, which belongs to all Torres Strait Islanders.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Anthropologist Nonie Sharp is an honorary research fellow in the Anthropology Program of the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University. For many years she has worked with northern Australia's coastal indigenous people and is an authority on communities of the Torres Strait Islands. After obtaining her PhD from La Trobe University in 1995, Nonie went on to teach sociology and anthropology. Additionally, a five-year Australian Research Fellowship enabled her to travel to the Pacific islands, parts of coastal Europe, Canada and the United States, and write a book about people and their relationship to the sea. The book is titled Saltwater people: the waves of memory.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Aboriginal Studies Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0855752386
• ISBN 13: 9780855752385
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 346
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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