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Woven Histories, Dancing Lives
"Woven Histories, Dancing Lives is a collection of essays that communicates the unique histories and cultures of Torres Strait Islanders to a broad audience. Not only have Islanders long absorbed the cultural influences from two surrounding landmasses and, more recently, negotiated the development of two nations in the region, their lives have been transformed by 150 years of immigration and new economic and political conditions. In this collection, readers will discover the remarkable cultural diversity that has emerged from this history." "The contributors offer new reflections on inter-ethic relationships, identity concerns, gender relations and the political struggles of Islanders."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Torres Strait Islanders
Reactions of the Torres Strait Islanders, Australia's "other" indigenous minority, to colonialism and their position in Australian society, are compared with the Aborigine experience.
Stars of Tagai
Constitution of and change in Torres Strait Islander identity; exchange and cosmology; contact history; mythology, culture heroes and law; Malo-Bomai, Kwoiam; Meriam religious and social life - seasonality, clan territoriality, kinship, life cycle; the powers of the Zogo le and the idea of traditional life; coming of the London Missionary Society and the accommodation of christianity; changing rites of death and renewal - millennial movements; colonial administration - education , Protection Acts and protectionism, social control; colonial economy - trochus, pearling, beche-de-mer (trepang); background and effects of the 1936 strike and World War Two; moves for sovereignty - the Murray Island case; includes life histories.
The Torres Strait
This is the twelfth book in the series "International Straits of the" "World" which describes the geography of a narrow waterway linking two seas and its relevance to shipping, economic development, and social welfare in the region, especially examining the legal status of the strait and its international relations. As a central focus, this study addresses the legal status of the Strait in the light of the 1982 U.N. Law of the Sea Convention. The Convention not only prescribes limits to the territorial sea, an exclusive economic zone and a continental shelf for coastal states, but also addresses rules for the transit of straits for international navigation. The book details the unusual demar...
The Torres Strait Islanders
Summarizes traditional social and economic life of Islanders; examines variation in dependence on fishing and gathering v. gardening; variation linked to population density and mobility; broad uniformities in formal social organization and religion.
Torres Strait Islanders
NATSIS provided data on Torres Strait Islanders in the Strait and on mainland Queensland, but little data for other parts of Australia.
Traditional Fishing in the Torres Strait Islands
Contact history and traditional marine subsistence; participation in marine industries - pearling, beche-de -mer and trochus; marine environment; effects of the Torres Strait Treaty; dugong and turtle hunting; contemporary and traditional sea rights and marine tenure; survey of marine resources and fishing methods on eastern, central and western islands; problems of management and development; survey of contemporary resources and exploitation rates.
