An appreciation of difference
Subtitle: WEH Stanner and Aboriginal Australia
By: edited by Melinda Hinkson and Jeremy Beckett.
Contributors: Hinkson, Melinda.; Beckett, Jeremy.
Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Canberra, A.C.T
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780855756604
Subjects: Stanner, W. E. H., -- 1905-1981; Anthropologists -- Australia -- Biography; Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs; Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions
Genres: Biography
Description: "WEH Stanner was a public intellectual whose work reached beyond the walls of the academy, and he remains a highly significant figure in Aboriginal affairs and Australian anthropology. Educated by Radcliffe-Brown in Sydney and Malinowski in London, he undertook anthropological work in Australia, Africa and the Pacific.  Stanner contributed much to public understandings of the Dreaming and the significance of Aboriginal religion. His 1968 broadcast lectures, After the Dreaming, continue to be among the most widely quoted works in the field of Aboriginal studies. He also produced some exceptionally evocative biographical portraits of Aboriginal people. Stanners writings on post-colonial development and assimilation policy urged an appreciation of Indigenous peoples distinctive world views and aspirations"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index.