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Ethnographer and Contrarian : Biographical and anthropological essays in honour of Peter Sutton.

Finlayson, Julie D.

Ethnographer and Contrarian : Biographical and anthropological essays in honour of Peter Sutton. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (295 pages)

Cover -- Half title page -- Title page -- Imprint -- Contents page 1 -- Contents page 2 -- Figures, Maps and Tables -- Preface -- Part 1 - Reflections on a life -- Chapter 1 - Introduction: A contrarian life -- Chapter 2 - Outside the square: From Christian Scientist to social scientist -- Chapter 3 - Living Larrimah: A reminiscence -- Chapter 4 - What is a social anthropologist doing in a museum? -- Part 2 - On the politics of suffering -- Chapter 5 - Suttonalia: A revealing moment in public anthropology -- Chapter 6 - Suffering and silence: Sutton's challenge -- Chapter 7 - Speaking to others: Anthropology's languages, audiences and engagements -- Chapter 8 - Personal challenges and professional research in Aboriginal Australia: Reading 'The Politics of Suffering' -- Chapter 9 - Culture, development and the future of remote Aboriginal communities -- Chapter 10 - The politics of suffering: Some contrarian reflections -- Part 3 - On classical and post-classical societies -- Chapter 11 - Marriage networks in Arnhem Land and beyond -- Chapter 12 - The resilience of Lakes societies: From classical systems to 'families of polity' and the endurance of 'underlying title' -- Chapter 13 - Sutton's model of underlying and proximate customary title and the Lander Warlpiri region -- Chapter 14 - Géza Róheim's Australian dreams -- Appendix -- Contributors -- Index -- Wakefield Press -- Back cover.

Sutton's colleagues reflect on aspects of his life and work, starting with a set of biographical essays. The second section focuses on his controversial book "The Politics of Suffering". The third section addresses Sutton's ground-breaking analysis of the transition between "classical" and "post-classical" social formations in Aboriginal Australia.

9781743057926


Sutton, Peter,-1946-.
Aboriginal Australians-Social conditions.
Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of.


Electronic books.

GN666 .E846 2020

305.89915

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