Growing up in Central Australia : new anthropological studies of aboriginal childhood and adolescence /
Surprisingly little research has been carried out about how Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world and imagine the future. This volume presents recent and original studies of life experiences outside the institutional settings of childcare and educatio...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2011.
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| Summary: | Surprisingly little research has been carried out about how Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world and imagine the future. This volume presents recent and original studies of life experiences outside the institutional settings of childcare and education, of those growing up in contemporary Central Australia or with strong links to the region. Focusing on the remote communities - roughly 1,200 across the continent - the volume includes case studies of language and family life in small country towns and urban contexts. These studies expertly show t. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-292) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857450838 0857450832 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |