Rites Black and White

Popular anthropology in which generalised accounts of Aboriginal and white Australian society are compared; particular emphasis on life cycle and ritual.Tribal customs, body mutilation, initiation rites, sexual taboos, totemism, symbolic food, myths and ritual- these are some of the cultural traditions of white Australians. The author reverses the traditional western anthropologist’s role arguing that the rites typically ascribed to ‘blacks’ are in fact representative ‘rites of passage’ shared universally by all humankind. First Edition. x, 228 #1220 Rituals. Related to cultural differences. Anthropological viewpoints. Comparative studies. | Aboriginal Australians — Rites and ceremonies. | Rites and ceremonies — Australia. | Ethnocentrism. | Ceremonies. | Australia — Social life and customs. | Australia.