Growing Up in Central Australia
Publisher： Berghahn Books
Publication year： 2011
E-ISBN: 9780857450838
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781782381266
Subject： B82 Ethics ( Moral Philosophy );C91 Sociology
Keyword： null 社会学,伦理学(道德哲学)Ethics ( Moral Philosophy )Sociology
Language： ENG
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Description
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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