Tiwi wives
Subtitle: a study of the women of Melville Island, North Australia
By: [by] Jane C. Goodale.
Series: American Ethnological Society. Monograph
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Women, Tiwi (Australia); Tiwi (Australian people) -- Social life and customs
Notes: Bibliography: p. 351-357.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- The Heritage -- The Kitjina -- Alina and Murinaleta -- Tiwi social structure and marriage -- Pregnancy and motherhood -- The economic role of the Tiwi wife -- The Kulama ceremony -- Old age, sickness, and death -- Pukamani -- Tiwi world view and values -- Glossary -- Bibliography.