Blood, Bones and Spirit by Heather McDonald - ISBN: 9780522849813
Paperback
Examines Aboriginal people’s experiences of colonialism and post- colonialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. This work analyzes how Aboriginal people have appropriated Biblical stories of land inheritance, expansion and loss in order to make sense of their own dispossession.

Blood, Bones and Spirit

Aboriginal Christianity in an East Kimberley Town

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  • Paperback

    236 pages

  • Release Date

    3 February 1998

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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
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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