Whitefella Comin'

Klappentext A 1992 examination of the structures and processes of power relations between Aborigines and Whites. Zusammenfassung First published in 1992! Whitefella Comin' depicts life at Doomadgee! an Aboriginal settlement administered by Brethren missionaries from the early 1930s until 1983. In addressing the structures and processes of power relations between Aborigines and Whites! the author develops an analysis of resistance and accommodation on the part of Aboriginal people. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Abbreviations and conventions; 1. Doomadgee: the politics of colonial social relations; 2. 'Wild time': a history of coercion and resistance; 3. Station and fringe-dwelling life; 4. Doomadgee mission: institutionalisation and a new form of colonial struggle; 5. Whitefella comin': power relations and the different domains; 6. Politics and identity within the Aboriginal domain; 7. Authority relations, the missionary staff and Aboriginal consciousness; 8. Councillors, 'Yellafellas' and the influence of colonial ideology; 9. Christianity, domination and resistance; 10. Coercion, resistance and accommodation in colonial social relations; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Trigger David Samuel, David S. Trigger, David Samuel Trigger, Trigger David Samuel
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521131780
• ISBN: 978-0-521-13178-0
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasian and Pacific history