Encounters with Indigeneity
Writing about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Published on 3. November 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-922059-77-2 (ISBN)
Description
For four decades Jeremy Beckett has shone a light on previously marginalised fields of life. While the many went in search of 'traditional culture', Beckett was fascinated to learn how people who often lacked wider recognition of their Aboriginality went about their lives. In the process he changed our understandings of those people and highlighted the issues they confronted. He has enriched our appreciation of the diversity of Indigenous identities and experiences. He was an expert witness leading up to the Mabo decision, and has brought Australian Indigenous studies into a world framework. His work continues to be influential to many: those who revisit his ideas here; and those who are newer to his work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canberra, ACT
Australia
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-922059-77-2 (9781922059772)
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Person
Jeremy Beckett taught anthropology at the University of Sydney, was a Visiting Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center, the Australian National University, New York University, and the University of Texas at Austin. He has carried out long term field research with Australian Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders including ethnomusicology, has been involved in native title recognition and in the contextualisation of Indigenous identities in the postcolonial world.