LIBROS DEL AUTOR: rosita henry

3 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: rosita henry

  • A True Child of Papua New Guinea
    Maggie Wilson / Rosita Henry
    Maggie Wilson was born in the highlands of Papua New Guinea to Melka Amp Jara, a woman of the highlands, and Patrick Leahy, brother of Australian explorers Michael and Daniel Leahy, who were among the first Australian explorers to encounter people in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, during an expedition in search for gold. Maggie’s life serves as a window into the comple...
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    42,88 €

  • Performing Place, Practising Memory
    Rosita Henry
    'This powerful and nuanced account of the interaction between the local Aboriginal population, the 1970s hippies who sought an alternative lifestyle and the local state apparatus in the North Queensland town of Kuranda is amongst the best of contemporary ethnographies of a rural Australian town...Henry’s ethnography and analysis is a benchmark work and should attract considerab...
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    44,37 €

  • Performing Place, Practising Memories
    Rosita Henry
    During the 1970s a wave of ’counter-culture’ people moved into rural communities in many parts of Australia. This study focuses in particular on the town of Kuranda in North Queensland and the relationship between the settlers and the local Aboriginal population, concentrating on a number of linked social dramas that portrayed the use of both public and private space. Through t...
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    184,10 €