Pintupi Country, Pintupi Self: Sentiment, Place, and Politics among Western Desert Aborigines

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Fred R. Myers

Pintupi Country, Pintupi Self

Sentiment, Place, and Politics among Western Desert Aborigines

Fred R. Myers

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English

California Uni Pr Trade
02 May 1991

History; Physical anthropology & ethnography

The Pintupi, a hunting-and-gathering people of Australia's Western Desert, were among the last Aborigines to come into contact with white society. Despite their extended relocation in central Australian settlements, they have managed to preserve much of their traditional culture and social organization. This book presents a comprehensive ethnographic interpretation of the ways in which Pintupi politics, cosmology, kinship systems, nomadic patterns, and social values reinforce and sometimes contradict each other.

By: Fred R. Myers
Imprint: California Uni Pr Trade
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780520074118
ISBN 10: 0520074114
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 02 May 1991
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Preface Introduction CHAPTER 1 Past into Present: ""We Are the People from the West"" CHAPTER 2 The Dreaming: Time and Space CHAPTER 3 Individuals and Bands CHAPTER 4 Being a Countryman: Emotions and the Cultural Subject CHAPTER 5 The Cultural Basis of Landownership and Its Social Implications CHAPTER 6 Relatedness and Differentiation CHAPTER 7 Kinship: Models of the Pintupi Social Universe CHAPTER 8 The Cultural Content of Hierarchy: Politics and Value CHAPTER 9 Time and the Limits of the Polity Conclusion Notes References Cited Index Maps and Diagrams"

Fred R. Myers is Associate Professor of Anthropology at New York University.

Reviews for Pintupi Country, Pintupi Self: Sentiment, Place, and Politics among Western Desert Aborigines

This is the most important publication in Aboriginal anthropology since Mervyn Meggitt's Desert People appeared in 1962. Like Meggitt's book it is a major ethnography but the approach is quite different. In place of structural-functionalism we have the first complete cultural analysis of Aboriginal society. The result is a refreshing analysis that will broaden the ethnographic and theoretical agenda. --Nicolas Peterson, Man