Mortality, Mourning and Mortuary Practices in Indigenous Australia

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Contents: Series Editors' Preface: The transformative processes of life and death, Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart Introduction: indigenous ways of death in Australia, Victoria Burbank, Katie Glaskin, Yasmine Musharbash and Myrna Tonkinson 'Sorry business is Yapa way': Warlpiri mortuary rituals as embodied practice, Yasmine Musharbash Solidarity in shared loss: death-related observances among the Martu of the Western desert, Myrna Tonkinson Death and health: the resilience of 'sorry business' in the Kutjungka region of Western Australia, Brian F. McCoy Time wounds: death, grieving and grievance in the Northern Kimberley, Anthony Redmond A personal reflection on a Saltwater man and the cumulative effects of loss, Katie Glaskin Social death and disenfranchised grief: an Alyawarr case study, Craig Elliott 'Promise me you'll come to my funeral': putting a value on Wiradjuri life through death, Gaynor Macdonald Death, family and disrespect in a Northern Queensland town, Sally Babidge A place to rest: dying, residence, and community stability in remote Arnhem Land, Marcus Barber A life in words: history and society in Saibai Island (Torres Strait) tombstones, Richard Davis 'We don't want to chase' em away': hauntology in central Cape York peninsula, Benjamin Richard Smith Afterword: demography and destiny, Frances Morphy and Howard Morphy Glossary Index.