Details

Subject(s)

• Aboriginal Australians—Social life and customs [Browse]
• Aboriginal Australians—Religion [Browse]
• Childbirth—Religious aspects [Browse]

Series

• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. [More in this series]
• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. South Pacific and Australia ; IX [More in this series]

Summary note

• Ashley Montagu here brings together all the evidence bearing upon the procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines and subjects it to a scientific examination in the light of biological, social and psychological research.
• This volume brings together all the evidence bearing upon the procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines and subjects it to a scientific examination in the light of biological, social and psychological research. First published in 1937. This edition reprints the revised edition of 1974. This volume brings together all the evidence bearing upon the procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines and subjects it to a scientific examination in the light of biological, social and psychological research. First published in 1937. This edition reprints the revised edition of 1974.

Notes

First published in 1974 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 14, 2013).

Language note

English

Contents

1. Introduction2. The Arunta, the type pattern of Australian culture3. The procreative beliefs of the Central Australian Aborigines4. The procreative beliefs of the native tribes of Northern Australia5. The procreative beliefs of the native tribes of North-Eastern Australia, Queensland, and Cape York Peninsula6. The procreative beliefs of the native tribes of North-Western Australia7. The procreative beliefs of the native tribes of Western Australia8. The procreative beliefs of the native tribes of Southern, South-Eastern, and Eastern Australia9. A summary account of the procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines10. The critical theories relating to the procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines11. Phallic ceremonies and so-called phallic worship12. Subincision and its alleged relationship to procreation13. Maternity and paternity in Australia14. Nescience, science, and psychoanalysis15. Tradition, experience, and belief

ISBN

• 1-136-54844-0
• 0-415-33058-0
• 1-315-01793-8
• 1-136-54837-8

OCLC

• 862823695
• 900481859
• 861535669

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315017938

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