Research Catalog

Title

Christmas Island : an anthropological study / Simone Dennis.

Author

Dennis, Simone.

Publication

Amherst, N.Y. : Cambria Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Description

xxxii, 213 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Christmas Island is a small territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean. It is home to three main ethnic groups, the smallest of which are European Australians. Christmas Island is also where those who arrive "illegally" to seek asylum in Australia are accommodated. Christmas Island has played a key role in Australian security, located as it is at the northern extremity of Australian territory; much closer to Indonesia than to the nation to which it belongs, and from whose territory it has recently been excised for migration purposes." "This anthropological exploration - the very first one ever undertaken of this strategically important island - focuses closely on the sensual engagements people have with place, shows how Christmas Islanders make recourse to the animals, birds and topographic features of the island to create uniquely islandic ways of being at home - and ways of creating "others" who will never belong - under volatile political circumstances."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) > Social conditions
• Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) > Description and travel
• Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) > Emigration and immigration

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-207) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. An Ethnographic Introduction to Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia -- Ch. 2. The More Than Human World of Christmas -- Ch. 3. Staying and Moving in Local Places -- Ch. 4. Moving Between Places -- Ch. 5. Leaving Christmas Island -- Ch. 6. In Movement, in Memory.

ISBN

• 9781604975109 (alk. paper)
• 1604975105 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008011277
• 40015851507

OCLC

• ocn214282234
• 214282234
• SCSB-5430727

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Columbia University Libraries