Blood, Bones and Spirit
Aboriginal Christianity in an East Kimberley Town
$52.46
- Paperback
236 pages
- Release Date
3 February 1998
Summary
Analyses how Aboriginal people have appropriated Biblical stories of land inheritance, expansion and loss in order to make sense of their own dispossession.In this fascinating and beautifully written book, Heather McDonald examines Aboriginal people’s experiences of colonialism and post-colonialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Blood, Bones and Spirit analyses how Aboriginal people have appropriated Biblical stories of land inheritance, expansion and loss in order to make sense of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522849813 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522849814 |
| Author: | Heather McDonald |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 236 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 3 February 1998 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 157mm x 15mm |
About The Author
Heather McDonald
Heather McDonald was a community health worker with Aboriginal people in Western Australia and the Northern Territory during the 1970s and 1980s. She then studied anthropology at the University of Queensland and the Australian National University.
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