Animals, Place, People and Story: Relational Identities in Sacred Australian Country

Title
Animals, Place, People and Story: Relational Identities in Sacred Australian Country
Publication Date
2013
Author(s)
McLean, Lesley
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian Folklore Association, Inc
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:16777
Abstract
This essay is about relationships: relationships with fauna, with place, and with, what is, sacred country in the Australian context. Beginning with some general questions about fauna and place identity, the discussion then shifts to a particular context wherein which connections with fauna are embedded in a wider network of relationships - including those with stories - of such significance as to be constitutive of identity as it may be broadly conceived. Drawing on Margaret Kemarre Turner's 'Tyerrtye - what it means to be an Aboriginal Person', I will offer a non-indigenous interpretation of the nature of the relationships described in her book; an interpretation which develops an ontology of internal relations.
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Citation
Australian Folklore, v.28, p. 207-217
ISSN
0819-0852
Start page
207
End page
217

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