Daughters of the Dreaming
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Finalist for the 1993 J.I. Staley Prize
'The energy, intelligence and sheer talent deployed in this work are formidable. It demands to be read by those who would question the equal role of women in Aboriginal Society.'
Faith Bandler
'.a leap forward in Aboriginal anthropology.students, scholars, the public and politicians will surely find much of interest in this engaging and important contribution to our understanding of Aboriginal culture and society as it includes women.'
Jane Goodale, American Anthropologist
'This volume should be held in all serious libraries, at any level, concerned with anthropology or with a less sexist look at human behaviour: a clasic.'
Choice, American Libraries Association Journal
'It is very exciting to read a piece that articulates so clearly the major problematics of social scientific inquiry into women's lives.Diane Bell argues for a multi-faceted, multi-layered woman's way of knowing that is stimulating, thought-provoking and an outstanding example of feminist scholarship.'
Ann Bookman, anthropologist, feminist, writer
Daughters of the Dreaming has taken its place alongside the classics of Australian anthropological literature. First published in 1983, it remains an outstanding study of Aboriginal women's lives from a woman's perspective.
Daughters of the Dreaming raised issues about gender relations, the writing of ethnography and feminist research that are still being vigorously debated. In this second edition, Bell revisits her work of the seventies from her standpoint in the nineties. In a thought-provoking epilogue she explores key anthropological questions posed by her analysis of her first fieldwork from her current standpoint as a professor a decade on.
Author: Diane Bell
Format: Paperback, 352 pages, 155mm x 230mm
Published: 1993, Allen & Unwin, Australia
Genre: Gender Studies / Gay & Lesbian Studies
Finalist for the 1993 J.I. Staley Prize
'The energy, intelligence and sheer talent deployed in this work are formidable. It demands to be read by those who would question the equal role of women in Aboriginal Society.'
Faith Bandler
'.a leap forward in Aboriginal anthropology.students, scholars, the public and politicians will surely find much of interest in this engaging and important contribution to our understanding of Aboriginal culture and society as it includes women.'
Jane Goodale, American Anthropologist
'This volume should be held in all serious libraries, at any level, concerned with anthropology or with a less sexist look at human behaviour: a clasic.'
Choice, American Libraries Association Journal
'It is very exciting to read a piece that articulates so clearly the major problematics of social scientific inquiry into women's lives.Diane Bell argues for a multi-faceted, multi-layered woman's way of knowing that is stimulating, thought-provoking and an outstanding example of feminist scholarship.'
Ann Bookman, anthropologist, feminist, writer
Daughters of the Dreaming has taken its place alongside the classics of Australian anthropological literature. First published in 1983, it remains an outstanding study of Aboriginal women's lives from a woman's perspective.
Daughters of the Dreaming raised issues about gender relations, the writing of ethnography and feminist research that are still being vigorously debated. In this second edition, Bell revisits her work of the seventies from her standpoint in the nineties. In a thought-provoking epilogue she explores key anthropological questions posed by her analysis of her first fieldwork from her current standpoint as a professor a decade on.