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Mardu Foraging, Food Sharing, And Gender, Douglas W. Bird
Mardu Foraging, Food Sharing, And Gender, Douglas W. Bird
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports
Among Aboriginal people in Australia's deserts, as among all humans, food acquisition is not simply about eating: practices related to what types of foods are acquired, who obtains the food, how food is treated and distributed, are infused with value other than simple nutrition. Often these practices are attached to gender roles. Traditional explanations have assumed that gender differences in foraging and food sharing are bound by a common goal of provisioning--that like a mini-economy of scale, a household will be better provisioned through gender specialization. But recent work among other people that hunt and gather suggests that under some …
Australian Virtual Libraries For Crocodile Dundee And The Sheilas, Joe Fernandez
Australian Virtual Libraries For Crocodile Dundee And The Sheilas, Joe Fernandez
Library Staff Publications
Discusses the growing use of virtual libraries in Australia to reach information seekers dispersed in a huge country.
Wild Colonial Boy, Thomas Cleghorn
Wild Colonial Boy, Thomas Cleghorn
Maine Song and Story Sampler
"Wild Colonial Boy" is one of a few songs that came to Maine from Australia by way of Britain. This particular version was collected in Canada, but the singer learned it in the Maine woods, a point that underscores the close connections of Maine and the Maritimes economically and culturally.