Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Kanyirninpa, health, masculinity and wellbeing of desert Aboriginal men, Dr. Brian Francis McCoy

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Thesis (Ph.D)--Centre for the Study of Health and Society, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

Kanyirninpa

Dr. Brian Francis McCoy

health, masculinity and wellbeing of desert Aboriginal men

Kanyirninpa and holding : Polysemy of Kanyirninpa; Myers and Kanyirninpa; Expressions within Kanyirninpa; "Growing up" by Kanyirninpa; Ngampurrmaninpa or Kanyirninpa -- The shaping of history: the four communities, the colonial contact; the mission experience; the beginnings of Balgo; the dormitories, work and rations -- Health and the male Puntu: health as maparn, as palya, health as "cold" and "dry"; health and the clinic; health and the male body -- The male praxis of Kanyirninpa : older men holding, young boys leaving, all men gathering, younger men growing, crossroads existing, Kartiya men extending -- Petrol sniffing: more than a risk: experiencing the sniffing, hearing the story, holding the sniffers, beginning the journey, leaving the gang -- Football: more than a game -- Prison: more than a holiday: entering the jail, facing the business, encountering the benefits, suffering the pain, living the contradiction -- The wounded male body -- Wounded and resilient : the dangers of loneliness and separation, the hope of resilience and protection, the contestation of Maparn and sorry business, the sustaining of Kanyinirnpa and wellbeing -- Appendices: Tanami desert and track -- Further notes on research methodology -- Relationship terms and kinship designations -- Further information on national, Kimberley and Kutjungka men's health