Being Black
Aboriginal Cultures in 'Settled' Australia
This volume brings together results of research by anthropologists, linguists and historians on the social life of people who used to be labelled 'part-Aborigines' or 'urban Aborigines'.
Issues discussed include bases of identity, ties of family, structure of community, ways of speaking, beliefs and feelings about country, and attitudes to the past.
Production Details
- Paperback
- 240mm x 170mm x 20mm
- 288pp
- Released January 1991
- ISBN 9780855751852
About The Cover
Front cover: Painting by Willie Gudubi, Alawa. Southwest Arnhemland, NT, born c. 1917.
Alawa sacred sites at Llangabun. 1987
Synthetic ploymer paint on canvas, 840mm, 320mm.
Collection Australian- National Gallery, Canberra