John Bern
Biographic Data
| ID | 628162 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Bern |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Bern |
| SIGNATURE | BERN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wollongong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Is The Premise Of Egalitarianism Inequality
The article focusses on two questions. One is the conditions under which one might expect to find community level egalitarian ideology in complex societies. The other is a more specific concern with the occurrence of egalitarian ideology among contemporary small scale hunting and gathering societies. A common lower class situation is critical when this translates into community acceptance of the overriding legitimacy of equalisation of status wit…
Stories of Crisis: Restructuring Australian Industry and Rewriting the Past
Structures of inequality and the meaning of surplus: A conundrum in the anthropology of Australian aborigines
Rival Constructions of Traditional Aboriginal Ownership in the Limmen Bight Land Claim
Briefly noted
David Bonavia, The Chinese, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1982. 317 pp. Preface, map, index. Paper: $4.95 Kevin B. Bucknall, Australia–China Trade, Centre for the Study of Australian–Asian Relations Research Paper No. 9, Griffith University, Brisbane, March 1983. 108 pp. Paper: $3.00 Paul W. Kroll and Joyce Wong Kroll, comps., A Concordance to the Poems of Men Hao–Jan, Research Aids Series No. 5, Chinese Materials Center, Taipei, 1982. 193 pp. Pr…
Ideology and Domination: Toward a Reconstruction of Australian Aboriginal Social Formation1
Politics in the Conduct of a Secret Male Ceremony
The secret male cults encapsulate Aboriginal religion and politics. The present paper describes the competition surrounding the performance of a ceremony of one such cult, which took place on a Government Aboriginal Settlement in Australia's Northern Territory in 1970. The competition is situated in the context of contemporary Aboriginal life on the Settlement, and consideration is given to the Aborigines' position as an oppressed minority in Aus…
Reaction to Attrition; The Ngukurr Strike of 1970
Politics in the Conduct of a Secret Male Ceremony
The secret male cults encapsulate Aboriginal religion and politics. The present paper describes the competition surrounding the performance of a ceremony of one such cult, which took place on a Government Aboriginal Settlement in Australia's Northern Territory in 1970. The competition is situated in the context of contemporary Aboriginal life on the Settlement, and consideration is given to the Aborigines' position as an oppressed minority in Aus…
Stories of Crisis: Restructuring Australian Industry and Rewriting the Past
Reaction to Attrition; The Ngukurr Strike of 1970
Is The Premise Of Egalitarianism Inequality
The article focusses on two questions. One is the conditions under which one might expect to find community level egalitarian ideology in complex societies. The other is a more specific concern with the occurrence of egalitarian ideology among contemporary small scale hunting and gathering societies. A common lower class situation is critical when this translates into community acceptance of the overriding legitimacy of equalisation of status wit…
Structures of inequality and the meaning of surplus: A conundrum in the anthropology of Australian aborigines
Reaction to Attrition; The Ngukurr Strike of 1970
Ideology and Domination: Toward a Reconstruction of Australian Aboriginal Social Formation1
Politics in the Conduct of a Secret Male Ceremony
The secret male cults encapsulate Aboriginal religion and politics. The present paper describes the competition surrounding the performance of a ceremony of one such cult, which took place on a Government Aboriginal Settlement in Australia's Northern Territory in 1970. The competition is situated in the context of contemporary Aboriginal life on the Settlement, and consideration is given to the Aborigines' position as an oppressed minority in Aus…
Briefly noted
David Bonavia, The Chinese, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1982. 317 pp. Preface, map, index. Paper: $4.95 Kevin B. Bucknall, Australia–China Trade, Centre for the Study of Australian–Asian Relations Research Paper No. 9, Griffith University, Brisbane, March 1983. 108 pp. Paper: $3.00 Paul W. Kroll and Joyce Wong Kroll, comps., A Concordance to the Poems of Men Hao–Jan, Research Aids Series No. 5, Chinese Materials Center, Taipei, 1982. 193 pp. Pr…
Rival Constructions of Traditional Aboriginal Ownership in the Limmen Bight Land Claim
Structures of inequality and the meaning of surplus: A conundrum in the anthropology of Australian aborigines
Stories of Crisis: Restructuring Australian Industry and Rewriting the Past
Is The Premise Of Egalitarianism Inequality
The article focusses on two questions. One is the conditions under which one might expect to find community level egalitarian ideology in complex societies. The other is a more specific concern with the occurrence of egalitarian ideology among contemporary small scale hunting and gathering societies. A common lower class situation is critical when this translates into community acceptance of the overriding legitimacy of equalisation of status wit…
Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Citation (3 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · History (2 works)