Aboriginal Health and History: Power and Prejudice in Remote Australia

Hunter, Ernest, and Ernest, Hunter

ISBN 10: 0521416299 / ISBN 13: 9780521416290

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1993

About this Item

Sewn binding. 318 p. Audience: General/trade."The author shows how the effects of social disruption, clutural dislocation and loss of power suffered by Aboriginal people since then have manifested themselves in certain behavioral patterns.". /also studies effects of alcohol in these communities and how it produces violent behavior.Fantastic book! Fine in very good dust jacket. B.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aboriginal Health and History: Power and Prejudice in Remote Australia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521416299
• ISBN 13: 9780521416290
• Binding: Hard cover

About this title

Synopsis

The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1987-1991) focused attention on the behavioural dimension of Aboriginal health and the lack of appropriate services. This book is a systematic analysis of the sociohistorical and intercultural aspects of mental health in one area of remote Australia, the Kimberly. The author shows how the effects of social disruption, cultural dislocation and loss of power suffered by Aboriginal people have manifested themselves in certain behavioural patterns. The book analyses rising mortality rates from suicide, accidents and homicide amongst Kimberley Aboriginal communities and studies the economic impact of alcohol on these communities. It also considers the role of alcohol in producing violent behaviour and affecting the general level of health.

Book Description

An analysis of how the effects of social disruption, cultural dislocation and loss of power suffered by Aboriginal people have manifested themselves in certain behavioural patterns.