Bindibu Country
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First paperback ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the heart of Australia's vast Western Desert lies a world untouched by modernity — and Bindibu Country is the remarkable account of Donald F. Thomson's pioneering expeditions into this remote wilderness to live among the Pintupi (Bindibu) Aboriginal people. Thomson, formerly Professor of Anthropology at the University of Melbourne, chronicles his extraordinary fieldwork with the precision of a scientist and the sensitivity of a humanist, documenting the customs, survival techniques, and rich cultural life of one of the last truly nomadic peoples on Earth. His observations capture a civilisation in perfect harmony with one of the planet's most unforgiving landscapes, painting a vivid portrait of a society that had mastered the desert over tens of thousands of years. Beyond its ethnographic significance, Bindibu Country stands as a landmark work in Australian anthropology, offering an unflinching yet compassionate record of a culture on the threshold of irreversible change. Thomson's prose is both authoritative and intimate, drawing the reader into a world of ancient knowledge — from desert navigation and water-finding to sacred ceremony and kinship law — that was already beginning to fade at the time of writing. A testament to one man's dedication to preserving the memory of a remarkable people, this work leaves the reader asking a haunting question: what else did we lose before we thought to look?
Author: Donald F. Thomson
Format: Paperback
Published: 1977, Nelson
Genre: Anthropology
Edition: First paperback ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the heart of Australia's vast Western Desert lies a world untouched by modernity — and Bindibu Country is the remarkable account of Donald F. Thomson's pioneering expeditions into this remote wilderness to live among the Pintupi (Bindibu) Aboriginal people. Thomson, formerly Professor of Anthropology at the University of Melbourne, chronicles his extraordinary fieldwork with the precision of a scientist and the sensitivity of a humanist, documenting the customs, survival techniques, and rich cultural life of one of the last truly nomadic peoples on Earth. His observations capture a civilisation in perfect harmony with one of the planet's most unforgiving landscapes, painting a vivid portrait of a society that had mastered the desert over tens of thousands of years. Beyond its ethnographic significance, Bindibu Country stands as a landmark work in Australian anthropology, offering an unflinching yet compassionate record of a culture on the threshold of irreversible change. Thomson's prose is both authoritative and intimate, drawing the reader into a world of ancient knowledge — from desert navigation and water-finding to sacred ceremony and kinship law — that was already beginning to fade at the time of writing. A testament to one man's dedication to preserving the memory of a remarkable people, this work leaves the reader asking a haunting question: what else did we lose before we thought to look?