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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">The meaninglessness of Aboriginal cultures</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Rolls, Mitchell</span> (2001) <xhtml:em>The meaninglessness of Aboriginal cultures.</xhtml:em> Balayi, 2 (1). pp. 7-20. ISSN 1444-2094</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_2821' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2237/1/The_Meaninglessness_of_Aboriginal_Cultures.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_2821' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_2821"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2237/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2237/1/The_Meaninglessness_of_Aboriginal_Cultures.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />577Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/journals/balayi.html">http://www.jumbunna.uts.edu.au/journals/balayi.html</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Anthropology, amongst other disciplines and discourses, has attracted much criticism over recent decades for producing and circulating stereotypes of Aboriginal cultural authenticity. Aborigines have been at the forefront of much of this criticism. For a number of reasons, however, many Aborigines are now subscribing to notions of authenticity, and locate ‘real’ Aboriginality in somewhat mysterious biological essences, and proclaim that their biological heritage imbues them with specific cultural values. This paper considers the issue of cultural identity and discusses whether or not cultural identities fit within deterministic models of identity, or if such identities are more fluid and vulnerable to assumption. </p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/379902.html">370000 Studies in Human Society > 379900 Other Studies in Human Society > 379902 Aboriginal Studies</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/420305.html">420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies > 420305 Aboriginal Cultural Studies</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2237</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Mitchell Rolls</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">17 Oct 2007 16:53</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2237;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2237">item control page</a></p>
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