Fear and wonder out bush: engaging a critical anthropological perspective on indigenous alterity

When an Aboriginal family group called 'Aunty Joan Mob' travel 'out bush', they make contact with awe- and fear-inspiring country. In attempting to make sense of their wonder, I would be ill-served to rely too heavily on a kind of culturalism, which might attribute the source of...

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Main Author: Vincent, Eve (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis [2017]
In: Journal of religious and political practice
Year: 2017, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 152-167
Further subjects:B Ontology
B Indigenous
B Settler Colonialism
B Alterity
B Wonder
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