"The lust to kill" and the Arnhem land sorcerer : an exercise in integrative anthropology

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The work "The lust to kill" and the Arnhem land sorcerer : an exercise in integrative anthropology represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

"The lust to kill" and the Arnhem land sorcerer : an exercise in integrative anthropology

Title remainder

an exercise in integrative anthropology

Statement of responsibility

Victoria Katherine Burbank

Creator

• Burbank, Victoria Katherine, 1944-

Subject

• Sex crimes -- Australia

Language

eng

Summary

Examination of the dynamics of imagination common to the modern serial killer and the Arnhem Land sorcerer; narrative of sorcery attach from Warner examined ? relation to sexual prevision discussed; sorcery fantasy and evolutionary psychological - associations with sexuality and fertility, isolation, infidelity and control; origins of serial killer psychology - fantasy and symbolism and dream states; causes of sorcery in Arnhem land; role of the autonomous imagination in the social domain; attachment theory and early childhood fear responses - infanticide fears; child rearing and maternal depression in Aboriginal society; argues that the distinction of sorcerer and serial killer is in socially constructed modes of acting out fantasy

Is part of

• Ethos ;

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction