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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Southern Anthropology
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Finding Kin: Fison in the Antipodes
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Kin and Skin
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From Encounter to Page: The Writing of Kamilaroi and Kurnai
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“Southern Anthropology presents a history of one of the most important nineteenth-century works on Australia's indigenous peoples, Lorimer Fison and Alfred William Howitt's Kamilaroi and Kurnai, published in 1880. … Southern Anthropology is an impressive example of cross-discipline collaboration that is highly informative for both historians and anthropologists.” (Anje Kühnast, Bulletin of the Pacific Circle, Issue 39, October, 2017)
“I strongly recommend this book as a text to be read widely. It should be mandatory reading for undergraduate anthropology classes. It is engagingly written, comprehensively researched, and cogently argued. The inclusion of a glossary of terms provides an excellent resource touchstone for students unfamiliar with intricate anthropological concepts. Historians especially will find this of value.” (Lynette Russell, Australian Historical Studies, Vol. 48 (1), February, 2017)
“‘Southern Anthropology’ is … an important book and part of a growing body of literature focused on the development of anthropological theory and method in the antipodes at a time when the antiquity and origins of humanity were being keenly debated within the centres of colonial power.” (Jason Gibson, Anthropos, Vol. 112 (2), 2017)
'Southern Anthropology makes an important and original contribution to the history of Anglophone and Antipodean anthropology'. - Professor Nicolas Peterson, Australian National UniversityAuthors and Affiliations
About the authors
Patrick McConvell is an anthropologist and linguist with particular interests in Indigenous Australia, interdisciplinary prehistory and kinship. He is engaged with the ARC Discovery Project 'Kin and Skin' (AustKin).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Southern Anthropology - a History of Fison and Howitt’s Kamilaroi and Kurnai
Authors: Helen Gardner, Patrick McConvell
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Pacific History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137463814
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-46380-7Published: 14 September 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-46381-4Published: 01 September 2015
Series ISSN: 2947-924X
Series E-ISSN: 2947-9258
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 329
Topics: Australasian History, Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, World History, Global and Transnational History, Social History