David McKnight (6) (1935–2006)
Auteur van Lardil: Keepers of the Dream
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1935
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2006
- Nationaliteit
- Canada
- Geboorteplaats
- Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Plaats van overlijden
- Rome, Italy
- Opleiding
- Bishop's University, Quebec (BA | English Literature, Philosophy)
University College London (BA, MA | Anthropology)
London University (PhD) - Beroepen
- anthropologist
ethnographer
teacher - Organisaties
- London School of Economics
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Lardil: Keepers of the Dreamtime door Chronicle Books Llc Staff
An account of the heritage and wisdom of the aborigines of Australia. This exquisitely illustrated volume describes the subtle and complex culture, beliefs and customs of the Lardil, hunter-gatherers of the Wellesley Islands off the northern coast of Queensland. At the core of the Aboriginal religious thinking is the Dreamtime, the mythical period when the totemic Ancestral Beings appeared and began to transform the world. Rituals and ceremonies celebrate this heritage and are described and illustrated in this remarkable book.… (meer)
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