Names and Substance in the Australian Subsection System - Hardcover

Von Brandenstein, C. G.

 
9780226864815: Names and Substance in the Australian Subsection System
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0226864812 ISBN 13: 9780226864815
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1982

Synopsis

In this volume, which has been hailed as a major breakthrough in understanding the meaning of the elaborate kinship systems currently existing in Australian Aboriginal societies, C. G. von Brandenstein argues that such systems refer to an archaic theory of "world order" common to all these societies. This controversial conclusion is based on native testimony and on a sophisticated linguistic analysis of a vast quantity of data collected by the author and others.

Though the author has restricted the results of his research to Aboriginal Australia, his methodological approach is generalizable. Hence this work will be of importance to specialists in many areas.

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About the Author

C. G. von Brandenstein, now retired, was lecturer at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
1982
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226864812
ISBN 13 
9780226864815
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
216