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Holding men: kanyirninpa and the health of Aboriginal men / Brian F McCoy.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780855756581
Title	Holding men kanyirninpa and the health of Aboriginal men / Brian F McCoy.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2008.
Description	Electronic resource ; Online.
Publication Dates	2008.
Note	Reproduction Note: Monograph. Melbourne, Vic. RMIT Publishing. 2010.
Conditions of access	Available to Museum Staff only.
Summary	Using conversations, stories and art, the author shows how Kimberley desert communities have a cultural value and relationship described as kanyirninpa or holding. McCoy 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 remain 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.
Subjects	Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Kimberley Region (W.A.)
	Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity
	Petrol sniffing -- Australia
	Prisoners, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Australia
Call number	Informit database (IIC)
Internet Site	Access to full text via Informit e-Library