ABSTRACT

First published in 1939 by Routledge, this classic ethnography portrays the aboriginal woman as she really is - a complex social personality with her own prerogatives, duties, problems, beliefs, rituals and point of view. This groundbreaking and enduring study was researched in North-West Australia between 1935 and 1936 and was written by a woman who truly pioneered the study of gender in anthropology

chapter I|23 pages

WIELDERS OF THE DIGGING-STICK

chapter III|14 pages

CHILDHOOD

chapter IV|16 pages

ON THE THRESHOLD OF MARRIAGE

chapter VI|17 pages

RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF WOMEN IN MARRIAGE

chapter VIII|21 pages

THE SPIRITUAL HERITAGE OF ABORIGINAL WOMAN

chapter IX|23 pages

WOMEN’S CEREMONIES

chapter X|11 pages

WOMEN’S SECRET CORROBOREES

chapter XI|6 pages

ABORIGINAL WOMAN—SACRED AND PROFANE