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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Holding Men: Kanyirninpa and the health of Aboriginal men

Holding Men: Kanyirninpa and the health of Aboriginal men

McCoy, Brian F.

Paperback

Australia & OceaniaAnthropologySocial Movements

ISBN10: 0855756586
ISBN13: 9780855756581
Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
Published: May 1 2008
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This is an easily readable book that explores how Indigenous men understand their lives, their health and their culture. Using conversations, stories and art, the author shows how Kimberley desert communities have a cultural value and relationship described as kanyirninpa or holding. The author uses examples from Australian Rules football, petrol sniffing and imprisonment to reveal the possibilities for lasting improvements to men's health based on kanyirninpa's expression of deep and enduring cultural values and relationships. While young Indigenous men's lives remains vulnerable in a rapidly changing world, the author believes that an understanding of kanyirninpa (one of the key values that has sustained Aboriginal desert life for centuries) may provide the hope of change and better health for all. It also offers insights for all who wish to 'grow up' their young people.

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