"This excellent volume presents... a rich and timely collection of
essays on contemporary Aboriginal childhood and youth, each chapter
being grounded on extensive ethnographic experiences and
studies...It is an original contribution to a growing field, namely
the anthropology of childhood and youth...and offers 'food for
thought' and a range of perspectives which allow the reader to
better appreciate Aboriginal lives, challenges and points of view."
. Sylvie Poirier, Universite Laval, Quebec
Surprisingly little research has been carried out about how
Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape
their social world and imagine the future. This volume presents
recent and original studies of life experiences outside the
institutional settings of childcare and education, of those growing
up in contemporary Central Australia or with strong links to the
region. Focusing on the remote communities - roughly 1,200 across
the continent - the volume includes case studies of language and
family life in small country towns and urban contexts. These
studies expertly show that forms of consciousness have changed
enormously over the last hundred years for Indigenous societies
more so than for the rest of Australia, yet equally notable are the
continuities across generations."
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