 | Caging the Rainbow Subjects: Geographical perception; Spatial behavior; Human territoriality; Aboriginal Australians; Aboriginal Australians; Aboriginal Australians; Caging the Rainbow explores the lives of Aborigines in the small regional town of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. Francesca Merlan combines ethnography and theory to grapple with issues surrounding the debate about the authenticity of contemporary cultural activity. Throughout, the vulnerability of Fourth World peoples to others' representations of them and the ethical problems this poses are kept in view. Merlan Francesca : Francesca Merlan is professor of anthropology at the Australian National University. |
