Holding men : kanyirninpa and the health of Aboriginal men /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McCoy, Brian F., author.
Imprint:	Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2008. ©2008
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 278 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:	English
Subject:	Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.) Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.) Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.) -- Social life and customs. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.) -- Social life and customs. Young men -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.) Young men -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.) Medicine, Traditional. Men. Oceanic Ancestry Group -- ethnology. Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene. Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs. Australia. Western Australia -- Kimberley. Western Australia -- Western Desert. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11285990

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Kanyirninpa and the health of Aboriginal men
ISBN:	9780855756901 085575690X 9780855757281 0855757280 0855756586 9780855756581
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 25, 2018).
Summary:	This is an easily readable book that explores how Indigenous men understand their lives, their health and their culture. Using conversations, stories and art, the author shows how Kimberley desert communities have a cultural value and relationship described as kanyirninpa or holding.
Other form:	Print version: McCoy, Brian F. Holding men. Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2008 9780855756581

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