Skin, Kin and Clan : The dynamics of social categories in Indigenous Australia

Australia is unique in the world for its diverse and interlocking systems of Indigenous social organisation. On no other continent do we see such an array of complex and contrasting social arrangements, coordinated through a principle of 'universal kinship' whereby two strangers meeting fo...

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Other Authors: McConvell, Patrick (Editor), Kelly, Piers (Editor), Lacrampe, Sébastien (Editor)
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Published: ANU Press 2018
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