Blackfellas and Whitefellas: the Concepts of Domain and Social Closure in the Analysis of Race-Relations

In presenting data on social relations between Aborigines and Whites at a north Australian Aboriginal settlement, this paper develops the concepts of domain and social closure as important in the study of power and race-relations. Previous Australian studies in this area have not treated adequately,...

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Main Author: Trigger, David S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1986
In: The Australian journal of anthropology
Year: 1986, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 99-117
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Summary:In presenting data on social relations between Aborigines and Whites at a north Australian Aboriginal settlement, this paper develops the concepts of domain and social closure as important in the study of power and race-relations. Previous Australian studies in this area have not treated adequately, the substantive nature and theoretical significance of spatial and social separation between Aborigines and Whites. I argue that Aborigines retain some autonomy within a ‘Blackfella domain’, through effecting a form of exclusionary social closure.
ISSN:1757-6547
Contains:Enthalten in: The Australian journal of anthropology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-9310.1986.tb00748.x