Hearth and country, the bases of women's power in an Aboriginal community on Cape York Peninsula, Lesley Jolly
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Hearth and country, the bases of women's power in an Aboriginal community on Cape York Peninsula, Lesley Jolly
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Bibliography : leaves 306-324
resource.dissertationNote
Thesis (Ph.D) - University of Queensland, 1997.
Index
no index present
Main title
Hearth and country
Responsibility statement
Lesley Jolly
Sub title
the bases of women's power in an Aboriginal community on Cape York Peninsula
Summary
Examines the power and status of women in the town of Coen, with a focus on the social organisation of the Lamalama people; highlights the importance/centrality of the domestic domain (hearth group) in Lamalama society but also shows how women have been influential in both public and private spheres; Appendix 1 contains a brief linguistic history of the Lamalama region
Creator
Subject
- Politics and Government - Political action - Women
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
- Hearths -- Queensland -- Coen -- Social aspects
- Gender relations - Gender roles
- Coen (Qld NE Cape York SD54-08)
- Social role -- Queensland -- Coen
- Social organisation
- Lamalama (Australian people) + Social conditions
- Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Queensland -- Coen
- Coen (Qld) -- Social conditions
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Subject10
- Politics and Government - Political action - Women
- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851-
- Hearths -- Queensland -- Coen -- Social aspects
- Gender relations - Gender roles
- Coen (Qld NE Cape York SD54-08)
- Social role -- Queensland -- Coen
- Social organisation
- Lamalama (Australian people) + Social conditions
- Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Queensland -- Coen
- Coen (Qld) -- Social conditions