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Of Marriage, Violence and Sorcery - The Quest for Power in Northern Queensland (Hardcover, New edition)
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Of Marriage, Violence and Sorcery - The Quest for Power in Northern Queensland (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
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This is a fascinating exploration of the relationship between
marriage, violence and sorcery in an Australian Aboriginal
Community, drawing on David McKnight's extensive research on
Mornington Island. The case studies, which occurred both before and
after a Presbyterian Mission was established on the island, allow
McKnight to show how the complexities of kin ties and increased
sexual competition help to explain incidences of violence and
sorcery, without resorting to psychiatric justifications. He
demonstrates that kin ties both stimulated conflict and helped to
mitigate it. Following on from McKnight's previous book, Going the
Whiteman's Way (Ashgate 2004), Of Marriage, Violence and Sorcery
offers an archive of valuable primary materials, drawing on the
author's forty-year knowledge of the community on Mornington
Island.
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