THE MARDUDJARA ABORIGINES:LIVING THE DREAM IN AUSTRALIA'S DESERTPDF电子书下载

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Introduction：THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES 1

The Original Settlers 1

Variations and Common Themes 2

Western Desert Culture 6

Who are the Mardudjara？ 8

Doing Fieldwork in the Desert 10

1.THE SPIRITUAL IMPERATIVE 14

Introduction 14

The Dreamtime 15

Religion and Morality 17

Ensuring Continuity 18

2.SUBSISTENCE IN A MOST MARGINAL HABITAT 20

Ecological Setting 20

The Desert through Explorers’Eyes 24

The Western Desert as a Culture Area 27

Coping with the Desert 28

Conclusion 42

3.THE SOCIAL IMPERATIVE 43

Kinship 43

Local Organization 49

Social Categories 54

4.LIFE CYCLE AND MALE INITIATION 61

Spiritual Preexistence 61

Birth 63

Childhood 64

Male Initiation 67

Marriage 80

Growing Old 82

Death and Its Aftermath 83

5.THE RELIGIOUS LIFE 87

The Sexual Division of Ritual Labor 87

Myth，Ritual，and Songline 88

Sites and Paraphernalia 105

Magic and Sorcery 106

Dynamic Elements in the Religious Life 112

6.LIVING THE DREAM 116

The Ideal at the Level of Group and Society 116

The Realities of Group and Society 117

The Ideal at the Level of the Individual 120

The Realities of Individual Behavior 121

7.THE MARDUDJARA TODAY 129

Aboriginal Emigration and the Frontier 129

Change and Continuity 131

Problems in Adaptation 132

Conclusion 137

Glossary 139

References Cited 141

Recommended Reading 145

Films 148

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