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Disciplining the savages, savaging the disciplines / Martin Nakata.

Nakata, Martin N. (Author).

Summary:

"This book provides an alternative reading for those struggling at the contradictory and ambiguous intersections of academia and indigenous experience. In doing so, it moves beyond the usual criticisms of the disciplines which construct the way we have come to know and understand indigenous peoples."--BOOK JACKET.

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  • ISBN: 9780855755485 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0855755482 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: viii, 247 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2007, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-236) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Missionary inscriptions of the 'lost soul' -- 2. Domesticating the savage -- 3. Linguistic inscriptions of the language -- 4. Psychological inscriptions of the mind -- 5. Physiological inscriptions of the senses -- 6. Anthropological inscriptions of the community -- 7. Disciplining and regulating the body -- 8. Disciplining the Islander in formal education -- 9. Disciplining indigenous knowledge -- 10. The cultural interface -- 11. An indigenous standpoint theory.
Subject: Torres Strait Islanders > Study and teaching.
Ethnological expeditions > Australia > Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) > History > 19th century.
Racism in anthropology > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Ethnology > Australia > Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) > Methodology > Evaluation.
Anthropology > Research > Australia > Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) > Evaluation.
Torres Strait Islanders > Education > History.
Torres Strait Islanders > Education > Philosophy.
Critical pedagogy > Australia > Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) > Colonial influence.
Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) > Race relations > History.

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