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The Eagle and the Crow
About this book
Part instruction manual and part philosophical text, The Eagle and the Crow is a profound work of First Nations knowledge and research. Written as a series of lyric essays, JM Field' s book traverses Gamilaraay conceptions of time and place, the ways English can quietly disrupt languages and cultures, and the form and practical functions of kinship systems. Most importantly, Field' s fascinating insights from mathematics offer a map for the revitalisation of Gamilaraay social structures once prohibited during the Missionary Era. Generous yet restrained, this collection is an important act of resistance.
Table of contents
- Praise for The Eagle and the Crow
- Author biography
- Title page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Epigraph
- Dhulanbaa I
- Chapter 1: Gamilaraay locatedness and the limits of Tindale’s map
- Dhulanbaa II
- Chapter 2: Gamil relationships to knowledge
- Dhulanbaa III
- Chapter 3: Kinship structure and robustness to colonialism
- Dhulanbaa IV
- Chapter 4: The form and function of Gamilaraay totems
- Dhulanbaa V
- Chapter 5: Gamilaraay kinship terminology and its relationship to dhii
- Dhulanbaa VI
- Chapter 6: Kinship, locatedness and death
- Bibliography
- Imprint page
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