Arrernte Present, Arrernte Past

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Invasion, Violence, and Imagination in Indigenous Central Australia

By Diane J. Austin-Broos

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Arrernte Present, Arrernte Past explores the profound socio-cultural transformations experienced by the Arrernte people of Central Australia from first European contact in the 1860s to the present day. Diane J. Austin-Broos combines ethnographic and archival research to trace their journey from hunter-gatherer society through life at the Hermannsburg Mission to their current marginalized status. The book reveals both the hardships faced, including the violence stemming from these shifts, and the resilience of Arrernte identity through acts of imagination.
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Ideal for readers interested in indigenous history, anthropology, Australian studies, and cultural resilience, as well as students and scholars seeking a thoughtful ethnographic account of First Nations peoples’ adaptation to colonial impact.

A study that addresses the Arrernte's contemporary situation. It documents the immense sociocultural changes they have experienced. It traces the history of the Arrernte as they have transitioned from a society of hunter-gatherers to members of the Hermannsburg Mission community to their marginalized position in the modern Australian economy.

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The Arrernte people of Central Australia first encountered Europeans in the 1860s as groups of explorers, pastoralists, missionaries, and labourers invaded their land. During that time, the Arrernte were the subject of intense curiosity, and the earliest accounts of their lives, beliefs, and traditions were a seminal influence on European notions of the primitive.

The first study to address the Arrernte’s contemporary situation, Arrernte Present, Arrernte Past also documents the immense sociocultural changes they have experienced over the past hundred years.

Employing ethnographic and archival research, Diane Austin-Broos traces the history of the Arrernte as they have transitioned from a society of hunter-gatherers to members of the Hermannsburg Mission community to their present, marginalised position in the modern Australian economy. While she concludes that these wrenching structural shifts led to the violence that now marks Arrernte communities, she also brings to light the powerful acts of imagination that have sustained a continuing sense of Arrernte identity.

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Praised as a landmark work in indigenous studies, the book has been acclaimed for its nuanced characterisation of Arrernte life and its powerful insight into the persistence of cultural identity despite adversity. Fred Myers of New York University describes it as one of the best reads in years for understanding contemporary Arrernte experiences and their historical connections.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780226032641

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 February 2009

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 2.0mm

Width: 15.0mm

Height: 23.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 336

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Diane J. Austin-Broos Education & Reference New Zealand and Australia Published Non-Fiction

About the Author

Diane Austin-Broos is professor of anthropology at the University of Sydney and the author of Jamaica Genesis: Religion and the Politics of Moral Order, also published by the University of Chicago Press.