Shaking Hands on the Fringe: Negotiating the Aboriginal World at King George's Sound - Couverture souple

Shellam, Tiffany

 
9781921401268: Shaking Hands on the Fringe: Negotiating the Aboriginal World at King George's Sound
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1921401265 ISBN 13 : 9781921401268
Editeur : University of Western Australia Press, 2009

Synopsis

In 1826, the British set up a garrison on the edges of an Aboriginal world at King George's Sound - the site of present day Albany, Western Australia - with the aim of deterring the French from occupying the area. The British newcomers and the area's Indigenous inhabitants - the King Ya-nup - came to share a small space, forcing both cultures to adapt in order to communicate and interact with one another. Within this sphere, associations and friendships were formed that were as surprising as they were unique. This ethnographic history narrates several intimate cross-cultural stories of the developing relationships between British and Aboriginal individuals at King George's Sound. The episodes recounted go beyond the common 'friendly' or 'violent' encounters, unearthing instead how and why particular King Ya-nup engaged with the British world, utilizing the new presence to seeming advantage.

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Éditeur
University of Western Australia Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1921401265
ISBN 13 
9781921401268
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
267
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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