ABSTRACT

This is the first historical study of indigenous Australian masculinity. Using the reactions of eighteenth-century western explorers to Aboriginal men, Konishi argues that these encounters were not as negative as has been thought.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

chapter |21 pages

Skin

chapter |15 pages

Hair

chapter |17 pages

Face

chapter |17 pages

Carnal Bodies

chapter |20 pages

Martial Bodies

chapter |18 pages

Communicating Bodies

chapter |16 pages

Indolent Bodies

chapter |18 pages

Testing Bodies

chapter |7 pages

Epilogue